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Management•by Staff•January 1, 2005

Work begins on new rail standards

IEEE starts on first independent standard for monitoring rail transit vehicles.

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Management•by Staff•January 1, 2005

Houston eyes advanced transit technologies

Panel of technical advisors to evaluate advanced transit technologies.

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Management•by Staff•January 1, 2005

Bus fires ignite discussion at APTA workshop

According to research, nearly a third of vehicle fires are due to electrical malfunction.

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Management•by Staff•January 1, 2005

UV device irradiates bus, rail microorganisms

New technology kills airborne germs on transit vehicles, saves money and improves heatlth.

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Management•by Staff•January 1, 2005

Finding the true cost of your transit buses

APTA panel discussion encourages life-cycle cost programs.

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Management•by Staff•January 1, 2005

N.C. agency awards $90 million DMU contract

Triangle Transit Authority to receive 32 railcars from United Transit Systems.

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Management•by Staff•January 1, 2005

ABA, UMA to vote on unification

Motorcoach associations will vote on their future in March.

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Management•by Caroline Casey•October 1, 2004

Challenges for the Next 100 Years

Meeting the specific needs of communities will remain the goal of the public transportation for the next 100 years. But transportation futurists differ on how those needs will be met.

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Management•by Staff•October 1, 2004

An Industry Transformed

Over the past century, public transportation has evolved through innovation in areas such as technology, social policy, legislation, regulation and funding. The following are the perspectives of inudstry notables on what they deem as key innovations of the past century.

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Management•by METRO Staff•October 1, 2004

50 Who Influenced Public Transportation

Today's public transportation landscape has been sculpted by countless individuals, making it difficult to choose the 50 most influential. However, with input from the industry and Editorial Advisory Board, we've assembled 50 names that we feel have left indelible impressions. We provide them here in approximate chronological order by period of accomplishment.

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