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Newsby Staff and News ReportsAugust 1, 2024

METRO Names 2024 Innovative Solutions Award Winners

Now in its 10th year, the Innovative Solutions Awards honors bus and rail operations and their supplier partners who have implemented initiatives that helped them increase safety, improve customer satisfaction, and more.

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Newsby StaffJuly 31, 2024

STV to Plan New Valley Metro Bus Maintenance Facility

The facility addresses the ongoing growth in the Greater Phoenix area, particularly in the West Valley, one of the fastest-expanding regions in Arizona.

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Newsby StaffJuly 31, 2024

California's SamTrans Awarded for Outstanding Services

The award honors transit agencies that demonstrate superior achievement in efficiency and effectiveness.

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Newsby StaffJuly 31, 2024

Denver Extends Zero Fares for Youth Program

The zero-fare program, which enables youth ages 19 and under to use all RTD services at no cost, will now become a permanent fare change for the agency.

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Newsby StaffJuly 31, 2024

Atlanta's MARTA Wins Prestigious APTA Award

The agency won the Outstanding Public Transportation System Award in the “50 million or more annual passenger trips” category. APTA also announced all of its winners for this year's awards program.

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Newsby StaffJuly 30, 2024

Santa Clara VTA Named Outstanding Public Transportation System

The top industry award from APTA honors a public transportation system member who has demonstrated achievement in efficiency and effectiveness among agencies providing more than 15 million but fewer than 50 million annual passenger trips.

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Newsby StaffJuly 30, 2024

Cummins Unveils New Brand Platform

Sharp design elements, a custom font, and a bold tagline — Power Onward — demonstrate the company’s commitment to being an industry leader in the next era of smarter, cleaner power.

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Newsby StaffJuly 30, 2024

San Diego's Zero Emissions Buses Hit 1M Mile Marker

The milestone, 1,021,990 miles, represents 2,130 metric tons of CO2e, or carbon dioxide equivalent, not being emitted into the region’s air.

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Newsby StaffJuly 30, 2024

Equans Delivers CAD/AVL System to Massachusetts Agency

The Equans CAD/AVL system includes ADA-compliant Automated Voice Announcement, relieving bus operators from having to announce it themselves.

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Newsby StaffJuly 30, 2024

Florida's PSTA Wins Excellence in Inclusive Collaboration Award

The APTA award recognizes PSTA for its collaboration with Jones Worley, an African American woman-owned disadvantaged business enterprise, and H.W. Lochner, the prime engineer of record for the project.

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