The Milwaukee County Transit System is seeking board permission to create a route connecting Milwaukee Area Technical College campuses to downtown. It would be the first new county bus route in four years.
The university is considering closing Campus Drive to all but pedestrians, bicyclists, campus shuttles, emergency vehicles and university service vehicles from June 19 to Aug. 15 as a test of longer-term plans to create a "traffic-free, pedestrian-friendly zone."
The move to allocate additional money to the account that funds the shuttle was hotly debated among student association members. Members voted to add $5,000 to the rapidly shrinking account.
A late night bus intended to safely transport students to their dorms may soon be canceled because many students are getting on the bus drunk, looking for a ride to continue partying, administrators say.
Los Angeles Times columnist notes that the Southern California transit agencies raising fares this summer need to do more to entice riders to use public transit.
Bloomberg wants to ramp up New York’s train security camera system to replicate the one used in London’s underground train system.
The ride was part of Tokyo's pitch for billions of dollars in high-speed train contracts from the U.S.