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Right-Sizing Rural Transit: Lessons from North Grenville’s On-Demand Model

A small municipality shows how flexible service, rider needs, and public accountability can expand mobility with limited resources.

Evertt Mayor Cassie Franklin signs the Interlocal Agreement to consolidate transit service with Community Transit CEO Ric Ilgenfritz looking on.

Everett Transit, Community Transit Approve Consolidation of Services

Several King County Metro buses, including electric trolleybuses, line a downtown Seattle street beneath overhead power lines, with city buildings and traffic in the background.

Transit Ballot Victories Signal Strong Voter Support: What Comes Next?

Transit Reaches 200 Agency Partnerships, Expands Rider Experience Tools

Transit Expands Agency Partnerships, Reaching 200 Official App Partners

News•by Staff•September 29, 2016

Lytx introduces always-on video telematics with Unisyn

The Unisyn platform is a new video telematics model that gives high quality video access and video expandability to fleets and field operations of all sizes and profiles.

News•by Staff•September 28, 2016

Atlanta Streetcar gets FTA grant to explore system expansion

The FTA monies would go toward an “Atlanta Beltline Transit Supportive Land Use Implementation Plan,” involving 16 miles of proposed east, west and crosstown streetcar corridors.

News•by Staff•September 28, 2016

China developing 300 mph trains to lead export of high-speed tech

Under an ambitious government plan starting this year, the country is developing trains that can run on a hybrid-propulsion system that allows higher speeds.

News•by Staff•September 28, 2016

Part of Amtrak investment package to modernize D.C. Union Station concourse

Early action construction will start in the fall of 2016 and include the relocation of heating and ventilation. Full-phased construction, funded by the new investment package, is anticipated to start in 2017 and will seek to minimize impacts to all station users.

News•by Staff•September 28, 2016

Talgo to return to Milwaukee location to refurbish LA Metro railcars

In 2015, Talgo settled a lawsuit against the state, resulting in the company receiving roughly $50 million and keeping the two trains that were manufactured.

News•by Staff•September 28, 2016

Metra seeks $20M grant for PTC installation

With the grant funding, Metra plans to help fund installation of PTC on its Milwaukee West Line to Elgin and North line to Fox Lake.

News•by Staff•September 27, 2016

BusCon '16 features more than 80 buses, debuts maintenance forum

This year's event definitely had something for everyone, including the most buses on one North American show floor, a closer look at issues set to impact transit maintenance professionals, an up-to-date look at electric buses and a the BusCon Connect hosted buyers program.

News•by Staff•September 27, 2016

School launches navigational app for bus riders with visual impairments

The micronavigation app provides user-submitted navigational clues to help bus riders with visual impairments locate outdoor bus stops more precisely.

News•by Staff•September 27, 2016

San Diego MTS adds first of 77 propane buses to fleet

The new paratransit buses are 2016 Starcraft Allstars on Ford E-450 chassis. The minibuses are 2016 El Dorado National-Aero Elite 320 on Ford F-550 chassis.

News•by Staff•September 27, 2016

Seattle taps CH2M to deliver BRT expansion program

This BRT program, which is part of the voter-approved Levy to Move Seattle, will provide high-quality transit throughout some of the densest areas of Seattle.