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Discover how under-resourced grants teams use smart tech to tackle compliance, boost efficiency, and access more funding. Explore bold strategies and real insights to overcome...
July 30, 2025
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Public transit technology implementation in a resource-constrained environment is a daunting challenge. Projects can be delayed or even fail altogether when there is a mismatch...
May 7, 2025
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Technology now enables transit supervisors to save time, improve accident and incident response, increase safety and enhance the passenger experience.
March 27, 2025
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Today's transit leaders can become tomorrow's ZEB trailblazers. AECOM's Kristopher Takacs and Andrew Bui explain how.
Feb. 20, 2025

Bus

Placer County, Calif.
Placer County bus.
Placer County Transit will start to transition its fleet over the next five years, beginning with purchasing four electric buses and two charging stations.
Aug. 25, 2025
SamTrans
Students getting on a SamTrans bus.
The programs aim to remove transportation barriers to education.
Aug. 25, 2025
SEPTA
SEPTA is moving forward with 20% service reductions and a 21.5% fare increase starting Aug. 24 after new state transit funding was not secured by Aug. 14 to fill a $213 million recurring budget deficit.
Starting Aug. 24, SEPTA will reduce frequency on its bus and Metro network and will increase base transit fares.
Aug. 21, 2025
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Lonsdale Quay Exchange pictured with a buss parked inside.
The exchanges will improve road and pedestrian infrastructure and add new bus bays with larger shelters.
Aug. 21, 2025

Rail

Oklahoma Transportation
The Heartland Flyer train travels down the track.
The approval frees up $3.5 million to continue the daily Amtrak service.
Aug. 25, 2025
STV Inc.
Beyond extending the original platform and adding a second, SVT also rehabilitated nearly three miles of adjacent track to enable bi-directional service at the station.
The station improvements add a second platform and accommodate Metrolink’s standard eight-car trains.
Aug. 25, 2025
KC Streetcar
A KC Streetcar.
The full-service simulated testing marks the final stages of preparation before the extended KC Streetcar route begins welcoming riders on Oct. 24.
Aug. 22, 2025
Tommy Laguana
group of students gather around a presentation in the underground The Portal construction site
Photos from deep under the Salesforce Transit Center reveal the cavernous space inching closer to transforming local and regional transit.
Aug. 22, 2025

Technology

Bay Area Rapid Transit
A man finishes the installation of a fare gate at a BART station.
The new gates pack 3D sensors to ease entry for wheelchair users or people with bikes.
Aug. 22, 2025
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A BART station entrance featuring payment terminals.
The new feature allows riders to use tappable credit or debit cards along with Apple and Google Pay.
Aug. 20, 2025
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A MARTA Transit sign displayed in Dekalb County, Georgia.
The redesign aims to merge the four existing MARTA apps into a unified platform.
Aug. 19, 2025
Denver Regional Transportation District
Three RTD-PD officers stand together in a transit station.
RTD-PD has grown five-fold since 2022, enabling the system-wide enforcement.
Aug. 19, 2025

Safety & Security

ENSCO
birds eye view of a rendering of the new TDT grade crossing with multiple approaches
The testbed offers a unique, controlled setting for transportation safety research by creating a flexible and realistic environment.
Aug. 19, 2025
St. Louis Metro
St. Louis Metro’s Secure Platform Plan is helping the agency improve ridership and reduce safety incidents.
The Secure Platform Plan is a comprehensive strategy to enhance safety and improve the passenger experience.
Aug. 18, 2025
City of Albuquerque
A Transit Safety enforcement vehicle sits parked near a bus stop.
The long-term plan adds a transit safety division of nearly 90 employees to the agency.
Aug. 13, 2025
MTA
July 2025 was the safest July in history for MTA's NYCT subway system.
The system experienced an eight percent drop in overall major felony crimes in July 2025 compared to July 2024, and there were no burglaries the entire month.
Aug. 12, 2025

Management

New Jersey Transit
An electric NJ Transit bus sits parked with its lights on bearing 'it's electric' livery.
The initiatives include more electric buses, a new shuttle service and a new, federally backed foray into microtransit.
Aug. 22, 2025
Brandon Lewis
Jonathan Hunt (left), Tom Schamber (center) and Blythe Bailey (right).
Personnel updates from around the public transit industry.
Aug. 22, 2025
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Take our quiz to test your knowledge from this past week's news highlights.
Aug. 22, 2025
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U.S. Capitol Building
APTA is requesting $138 billion for public transit and $130 billion for passenger rail to help modernize systems and fuel innovation.
Aug. 21, 2025