Mass Transit Weekly Update 7/15/16

July 15, 2016
This weeks Mass Transit update includes the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), TriMet, Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) and RATP Group (RATP).

The MTA Police department has opened a 72-acre campus for canine training. The campus houses nine indoor-scenario training areas and multiple outdoor training fields and obstacle courses and areas with cars, buses, platforms and even a decommissioned train, classrooms, twenty-four kennels, a veterinary room with medical kennels, and administrative offices. The outdoor and indoor training grounds provide the MTA Police with an unlimited number of scenarios to teach, drill and test the dogs.

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) officials have unveiled a sleek new diesel-powered train which will soon serve BART to Antioch down Highway 4’s median. The vehicle is a “Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU)” and it was chosen to bring rail service to East County residents as part of the eBART project with full service set to begin winter 2017/2018.

TriMet has released the Hop Fastpass which will make paying TriMet fares easier, faster and more convenient.

MTA Maryland has made a historical launch, for the first time Baltimore area transit riders have a direct suburb-to-suburb link that connects job and entertainment centers, without having to travel downtown first. MTA's Kevin Quinn hit the highlights with Commuter Connections host Sandy Arnette.

RATP: Next Stop Paris is the official application of the RATP. Fully translated into English, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish and Japanese, it is intended for use by anyone who wishes to effortlessly explore Paris by Metro. In Paris and in Ile de France, the RATP operates Metro, rail, tramway and bus services.