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Newsby StaffJanuary 8, 2015

New York bus crash injures 21

Police say that shortly before 4 p.m. the driver of a Nissan Altima was backing out of a parking lot near an intersection when it was struck by the driver of a BMW sedan heading southbound on Utica. The sedan was thrust into the path of a northbound MTA bus and struck the driver's side.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 8, 2015

D.C. Metro expected to appoint Jack Requa interim GM

Requa, who has been Metro's assistant GM, bus services since 2010, has held the job on an interim basis before in 2006 when interim GM Dan Tangherlini left to become D.C. city administrator in the Adrian Fenty administration.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 8, 2015

NJ TRANSIT expands 'Quiet Commute' program

The designated car will be the first car on northbound trains traveling towards Philadelphia, and the last car on southbound trains traveling towards Atlantic City, with seating on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 8, 2015

Artist draws San Francisco public transportation riders

Hamilton Cline says he likes using subject on their phones because they are less likely to look up and around while he draws them. 

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Newsby StaffJanuary 7, 2015

Calif. high-speed rail project breaks ground

Marking significant progress toward modernizing California’s transportation infrastructure, the California High-Speed Rail Authority joined hundreds of supporters and government, student, community, transportation, business and labor leaders on Tuesday to break ground on the nation’s first high-speed rail system.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 7, 2015

Hill tapped to manage Seattle East Link extension project

Phase I of the contract for pre-construction phase services is for approximately $1 million over a one-year period. Phase II of the contract for construction phase services, if exercised by Sound Transit, is anticipated to have an estimated value to Hill of approximately $21 million over a subsequent four-year period, for a total contract value of approximately $22 million.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 7, 2015

Amtrak's new NEC site highlights infrastructure projects

The new website includes project information and updates, maps, graphics and other resources about several NEC infrastructure projects now under construction or in the planning stage.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 7, 2015

L.A. Metro CEO to leave agency in April

Art Leahy, who started his transportation career as a bus operator and became one of the nation’s leading transit officials, has headed Metro for six years.

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ArticlesJanuary 6, 2015

2015 Innovative Operators: TourCoach Charters and Tours

From celebrity tours to charters, putting the customer first is vitally important for the Commerce, Calif. operation.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 6, 2015

Montana bus system goes fare free to boost ridership

The three-year Zero-fare demonstration project is sponsored by 14 different community partners.

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