Capital Metro is also implementing tobacco-free bus stops, a continuation of its emphasis on creating healthier transit facilities. The passenger boarding areas of Capital Metro’s park & rides and MetroRail stations are already designated tobacco-free.
Palm Tran plans to keep an express bus service that is drawing few passengers and has cost the transit system the majority of a $3 million state grant. It will drop some routes and expand others.
The bills would simply shift investment that was creating jobs elsewhere in the economy to transportation industries.
A letter signed by 188 U.S. mayors urged the House and Senate to enact bicameral, bipartisan surface transportation reauthorization legislation. In addition, the mayors also reiterated their strong opposition to a pending House bill that proposes to shift gas tax revenues away from public transportation.
The extra protection is a response to some violent incidents, including a nonfatal shooting a few weeks ago.
As the deadline to authorize a transportation bill by March 31 approaches, these advertisements will "dominate" WMATA Metrorail stations that serve the U.S. Capitol Building and House and Senate Office Buildings.
The 22-year-old man was being charged with negligent homicide with a motor vehicle and failing to yield to a pedestrian in the March 22 accident in Westminster, Mass.
Assessment includes review of agency's security plans, security training, drills/exercise programs, public outreach efforts and background check programs.
The buses, which are equipped with diesel-electric hybrid technology, cost an estimated $2.25 million apiece.
The agency released a five-year crime report showing that crime on the transit system has decreased since 2010, but the crime rate was still higher in 2011 than at other major transit agencies.
Two workers allegedly recruited passengers to ride the train, but didn’t have them purchase a ticket. Instead the riders paid them a discounted rate. Prosecutors say that the employees then pocketed the cash, which added up to thousands of dollars in lost fares.
The shelters, built with recyclable materials, are estimated to save taxpayers about $54,000 a year in energy costs.
A time-lapse video of the first New Bus for London being built March to June 2011
It warns consumers about the problems associated with using unsubstantiated, published BTU ratings as buying criteria for bus A/C systems.
Fighting the agency’s plan to cut service by 35% on Sept. 2 to erase a $64 million budget deficit, more than 300 people registered to speak at a legally mandated hearing on the agency’s proposal.
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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