MBTA debuts mobile parking payment system
Parkmobile enables riders to pay with a smart phone application or by sending a text message or making a call from any cell phone.
Parkmobile enables riders to pay with a smart phone application or by sending a text message or making a call from any cell phone.
Several employees won awards at this year’s National Meeting & Training Conference in Cleveland. Loretta Kirk, RTA’s Deputy General Manager, won COMTO’s Thomas G. Neusom Founders Award for her dedication to the growth and development of minorities in the transportation industry.
System includes five light rail and subway lines spanning 79 miles of track. Trains carry on an average weekday more than 327,000 boardings.
Of the money for the loans, $1 million will come from reserves from the Metropolitan Council, which is building the $957 million, 11-mile line.
The vending machines, which are from Time Inc. and serviced by The Classic Group, dispense magazines such as People, Time, Sports Illustrated and Entertainment Weekly.
Customer watchdog Passenger Focus’ results show that some travelers preferred to wait in line to speak to ticket office staff, despite ticket machines standing empty.
Jim Beil, Caltrans deputy district director of Capital Outlay Programs, will begin his new post at OCTA on Aug. 16. Will be responsible for directing the delivery of highway, rail and transit capital projects.
While most of the backlog can be attributed to rail, more than 40 percent of the nation's buses are also in poor to marginal condition.
Will also provide maintenance service for the entire fleet of 55 Citadis tramsets over a five-year period.
A referendum on the tax to fund the project will appear on the Nov. 2 ballot.
By the end of July, Metro will be able to announce even more improvements to be made in the final round of service restoration on August 30.
BikeHouston and METRO are examining ways to make Houston transit more bike friendly. Bike riders can now board light-rail vehicles Monday through Friday, except for peak hours.
Customers with a SmarTrip account can view their card balance and usage history dating back to January 2010. In addition, they can add multiple cards to their account, report a lost or stolen card, request a replacement card or transfer the balance to another registered card.
Riders on packed trains are becoming frustrated with fellow passengers who take up more than one seat and are voicing their complaints in online forums.
With this additional order, a total of 1,280 CRH1 cars have been ordered from Bombardier Sifang in China so far.
Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams had encouraged eclipse viewers to take mass transit to their destinations for safety and congestion relief.
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