Passenger Bus, Rail and Motorcoach Industry News

Signed an online petition asking for an expansion of the B.L.U. E. late-night shuttle program, citing concerns about “the prevalence of hate crimes and increased reporting about public sexual assault.”

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) is asking for a route that connects the future Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island with tech hubs in Queens and Brooklyn to accommodate New York’s tech boom.

Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit operates 34 routes using a fleet of 55 buses, including eight electric diesel hybrid buses. The system originates from three systems operated by the City of Ithaca, Tompkins County and Cornell University, with each stemming as far back as far as a half of a century.

Harlow's Trailways of Washington will launch service in the state with two new vehicles, while New York-based Swarthout Coaches will use its new coach for university service.

Students and faculty at the New York City campus will now be able to take the Campus-to-Campus bus service to Ithaca daily. The bus service will soon add six weekly round trips to its schedule, an increase of more than 40 percent over the current 14 trips.

Under William Wendt's leadership, the University’s transportation and mail services department received a wide variety of national recognition and accolades. Most recently, the department received the “Best Practitioner” award from the Community Transportation Association of America in 2009.