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Newsby StaffJanuary 30, 2017

TransLink launches new accountability center

Includes a transparency section on its website that allows members of the public access to ridership stats, board meeting minutes, and other statistics among 30 different performance measures.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 30, 2017

New Flyer opens N.Y. component manufacturing and assembly facility

The 40,000 square foot facility will start by manufacturing certain components for up to 10 New Flyer Xcelsior® buses per week, which will then be assembled at New Flyer transit bus production facilities in St Cloud, Minn.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 30, 2017

Mass Transit users can save $9,738 annually, says APTA report

The savings are based on the cost of commuting by public transportation compared to the cost of owning and driving a vehicle.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 30, 2017

Laketran GM Jurkowski announces plan to retire

Under his tenure, Laketran passed two local sales tax levies in 2003 and 2013, which safeguarded the future of the agency through the passage of a permanent levy.  

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Newsby StaffJanuary 27, 2017

REV Group announces price of initial public offering

The company's shares of common stock have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange and are expected to begin trading under the ticker symbol “REVG” on Friday.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 26, 2017

Miami-Dade getting free Wi-Fi at 300 kiosks, buses, trains

Hailing it as the first step in developing one of the nation’s first fully integrated smart city ecosystems.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 26, 2017

2 people arrested in seperate attacks on NJ Transit employees

If convicted, a woman, who threw hot coffee on a bus driver, faces up to five years in prison and $15,000 in fines, while a man who shoved a train conductor faces up to 18 months in prison and $10,000 in fines.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 26, 2017

SoCal utility wants to use $570M to electrify buses, trucks, ride-sharing

Southern California Edison filed a plan with state regulators that would fund the installation of charging stations for various plug-in vehicle applications.

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NewsJanuary 26, 2017

Profile: Nuria Fernandez - GM/CEO Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority

When Nuria Fernandez was growing up in Panama, water was a big part of her world. In addition to living by the water, she spent a couple summers interning at one of the canal locks of the Panama Canal, a feat of engineering that her great-grandfather had helped to construct...

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Newsby StaffJanuary 26, 2017

Ohio think tank calls for $75M transportation fund for region

The state funds only 1% of public transportation in the state, although the Ohio Department of Transportation's Transit Needs Study said the state should provide 10% of transit's funding.

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