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Newsby StaffDecember 8, 2015

Michelin holiday campaign celebrates America's bus drivers

#KeepThanksMoving continues Michelin’s long history of supporting drivers and being a good member of the communities in which its employees live and work.

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Newsby StaffDecember 8, 2015

Masabi secures $12M funding to expand mobile ticketing solution reach

The JustRide platform is a cloud-based, end-to-end mobile ticketing and fare collection system, in use in cities worldwide.

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Newsby StaffDecember 8, 2015

Sound Transit rail expansion could include underground tunnels

New connecting tunnels could be part of the Sound Transit 3 ballot measure before voters in November 2016, according to the report.

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Newsby StaffDecember 8, 2015

N.Y. MTA reaches 2 milestones on East Side Access project

Workers have completed construction of a subterranean ventilation facility below East 55th Street in Manhattan, and $56.2 million in infrastructure improvements to Harold Interlocking, in Sunnyside, Queens, the busiest passenger train junction in the U.S. and the place where the tracks for the connection to Grand Central will meet with the LIRR.

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Newsby StaffDecember 8, 2015

Digital technology helps vision impaired navigate London subway

The Wayfindr uses beacon technology to guide vision impaired people through and around urban environments using their smartphones.  

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Newsby StaffDecember 4, 2015

President Obama signs 5-year FAST Act surface transportation bill

The new law, paid for with gas tax revenue and a package of $70 billion in offsets from other areas of the federal budget, will invest $61 billion in the nation’s public transportation systems, according to APTA.

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Newsby StaffDecember 4, 2015

Valley Metro CEO’s resignation accepted by Boards of Directors

Action was taken to accept the resignation of CEO Stephen R. Banta and place him on administrative leave effective immediately.

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Newsby StaffDecember 4, 2015

Congress passes $305B surface transportation bill

The FAST Act will now be sent to President Barack Obama, who is expected to sign the bill quickly.

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Newsby StaffDecember 3, 2015

Man struck, killed on Northeast Corridor creates morning delays

Train #3817 left New York Penn Station with about 300 passengers at 6:35 a.m., heading to Trenton, when it hit the man, whose identity was not immediately known. NJ Transit trains ran up to 20 minutes late, with regular service restored by around 7:30 a.m., according to the agency’s Twitter feed.

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Newsby StaffDecember 3, 2015

Calif.'s Omnitrans adding 15 New Flyers featuring audible turn signals

The new buses have one rear-facing securement and one forward-facing securement. The rear-facing system gives passengers with wheelchairs more independence.

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