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News•by News/Media Release•October 3, 2023

Vicinity, ADASTEC to Partner for Automated Transit Buses

The partnership brings together Vicinity's expertise in medium-duty, accessible, fully electrified low-floor transit vehicles with ADASTEC's SAE Level-4 automated driving software platform.

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News•by News/Media Release•October 2, 2023

STM Introduces New Name, Visual Identity for High-Frequency Lines

The Société de transport de Montréal (STM) announced that its 31 bus lines with frequent service will be grouped together under the new name of high-frequency lines.

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Videos•by Alex Roman•October 2, 2023

Innovation and Partnerships with Peter Aczel [Part 1]

Peter Aczel, CEO for Vontas, joins METRO’s Executive Editor Alex Roman to discuss the technology products the company offers, his reaction to being named one of METRO’s 2023 Innovative Solutions Award winners, a sneak peak on what the company has in store for APTA EXPO, and much more.

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News•by News/Media Release•October 2, 2023

C-TRAN Celebrates Opening of The Vine on Mill Plain

The Vine on Mill Plain will serve 37 new stations along a 10-mile corridor between downtown Vancouver and the new transit center, located near Mill Plain at 184th Avenue.

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News•by Staff and News Reports•September 28, 2023

Florida's PSTA Finds Savings to Preserve 3 Troubled Routes

Board members also voted 10 to 4 to maintain PSTA’s 0.7500 capped tax rate, approving a final budget that preserves 95% of PSTA’s bus routes, as well as its mobility options that assist disabled residents.

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News•by Staff and News Reports•September 26, 2023

Fernandez Named LIT's Founders Award Recipient

The award was presented to her after she delivered a keynote speech to 300 registered attendees at LIT’s 2023 Leadership Summit luncheon in Washington, D.C.

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News•by Staff and News Reports•September 26, 2023

MCTS Begins to Return Battery-Electric Buses Into Service

The electric buses will start returning to the mixed fleet of both battery-electric and clean-diesel buses now through November.

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News•by Staff and News Reports•September 26, 2023

FTA Awards $9.9M to 22 Tribes, Alaskan Native Villages

The competitive grants under FTA’s Tribal Transit Program allow Tribes to buy transit vehicles, upgrade bus facilities, and expand transit options.

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News•by Staff and News Reports•September 25, 2023

Alexander Dennis Taps Big Rig to Partner on Double-Deck Bus Builds

The new arrangement replicates the highly successful partnerships Alexander Dennis has in the Asia-Pacific region with contract manufacturers in China and New Zealand.

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News•by Staff and News Reports•September 25, 2023

L.A. Metro Continues to Rise in August

Metro’s monthly bus and rail ridership is now at 79% of its 2019 pre-pandemic level. Average weekend ridership is now at 75% of pre-pandemic (August 2019) levels and 79.5% for average weekdays.

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