Boston's T selling station naming rights
MBTA hopes to raise revenue to fill a projected $150 million budget gap for the 2013 fiscal year.
MBTA hopes to raise revenue to fill a projected $150 million budget gap for the 2013 fiscal year.
Signed legislation requiring area transit agencies to come up with a universal fare card by 2015. The concept has been in discussion for several years. However, transit experts cite obstacles, including ever-changing ticket technology and Metra’s fare structure.
At lowest levels since the CVSA's commercial vehicle safety enforcement campaign, Roadcheck began in 1988. Inspections of passenger vehicles found a compliance rate of 91.3 percent in 2011 versus 91.0 percent in 2010. The motorcoach driver compliance rate was 97.4 percent; in 2010 it was 96.4 percent.
Two pilot projects measured the effect of increased law enforcement coupled with high-profile public education campaigns. In Syracuse, N.Y., because of high-visibility enforcement, both handheld cell phone use and texting behind the wheel declined by one-third. In Hartford, Conn., there was a 57 percent drop in handheld use and texting behind the wheel dropped by nearly three-quarters.
MTA App Quest challenges tech developers to create software applications that increase access to information and improve the travel experience for customers of New York's public transit system. The winning app developer will receive $5,000. Smaller cash prizes will go to the developers of apps that are judged to do the most to help transit riders and deemed most popular by the public.
Allows transit customers to receive information on when the next buses — up to six succeeding — will arrive at any specific bus stop. Next-vehicle information is available for more than 9,300 TTC bus stops inside Toronto.
Because the services are subject to the full array of taxes imposed on traditional car rentals, the car sharing industry is experiencing losses.
The Bull City Connector was launched last year to connect students to downtown Durham. Daily ridership is about 1,500, which is 500 less than the goal. Most riders appear to be locals and campus staff instead of students.
Students will have the option to rent vehicles on campus by the hour. The program is expected to primarily help students who did not bring cars to campus, need to shop or run errands off-campus, or have older cars that may not get good gas mileage.
State College has been served by Megabus, an affiliate of Coach USA, since May 2010. Megabus responded to several requests to establish a stop at the campus.
The three-mile line, totaling an estimated $36 million, would carry passengers from the historic Browne's Addition neighborhood to Gonzaga University.
It’s summer orientation time for universities across the U.S. How are their transit systems reaching out to students? Transit agencies told us they are investing heavily in orientation programs by providing free rides and staff presentations to students and their parents.
Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority has renewed partnerships with the College of Charleston and Medical University of South Carolina to provide transportation services to students, faculty and staff.
In her new role, Patricia Ziska will be responsible for the new-coach private-sector sales representatives in the U.S and Canada and the company’s marketing group. She will report to Rick Heller, MCI chief executive officer.
"It will severely curtail the purchase of new buses and trains, reduce critical maintenance and safety programs, and could cut operating funds for transit systems in small communities and rural areas," said APTA President William Millar.
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