Looking to voters to decide whether more of a current 1% sales tax should go toward transit or continue diverting part of it for road projects. The agency could use the full tax for projects such as new bus shelters and light rail lines.
Part of the transit system’s mobile site, m.translink.ca, the service provides “predictive” departure times and real-time bus locations.
New York; San Francisco; Boston; and Washington, D.C. top the list, while cities such as Houston; San Diego; Las Vegas; and Columbus, Ohio are among the cities in the bottom half of the ranking.
With construction expected to begin in 2014, the system could be fully operational by 2016.
In his new role, Stephen Morello will direct the communications, government relations, and community affairs divisions of the MTA and its agencies.
The move to partner for distribution with MCI was announced as part of Daimler Buses’ reconfiguring of its bus business in North America and the “Globe 2013” initiative. Daimler also announced that it will exit the transit bus business and wind down Orion transit bus production after fulfillment of current orders.
PA Pulse will combine monthly totals of rail and bus mass-transit users; aviation passengers; vehicle movements; and air, truck and sea cargo, providing a cross-section of transportation activity at the region’s key gateways and interstate crossings, which can be compared on a month-by-month basis.
Company is voluntarily recalling 77,775 Michelin XZU2, XZU3 and XM505 bus tires due to casings that may experience a loss of integrity and rapid air loss.
"Go Metro Los Angeles" offers trip planning, station/stop locations, bus arrival info, maps and notifications.
Will purchase 53 new 40-foot low-floor compressed natural gas buses for $22.3 million and seven more low-floor trolleys for $26.9 million, in addition to 57 low-floor cars already on order.
The bus operator's only recent shift was Friday morning, when the operator was assigned to a bus on the 14th Street Line.
States, tribes, local governments, and non-profits are eligible to apply for these grants. Projects can reduce air pollution from older school buses, transit buses, heavy-duty diesel trucks, marine engines, locomotives and other diesel engines. The closing date for receipt of proposals is June 4, 2012.
The two-year contract, which goes into effect May 17, 2012, also includes operation of the Downtown Loop circulator service, development of a seamless regional fare system, and management of the Special Services Office that sells fare products and evaluates applicants for the city’s Economy Fare Program.
The May 2012 issue in pictures.
Initiatives include using solar bus shelters, operating environmentally-friendly bus and rail vehicles, recycling bus wash water, and incorporating rain gardens at bus rapid transit stations.
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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