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As chair of APTA’s Business Members Board of Governors, Ray Melleady explains how more than 850 business members are partnering with transit agencies to advance funding, innovation, and industry-wide collaboration.
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The first passenger train between Turkey and Iraq for nearly 20 years arrived in the Iraqi city of Mosul in May.
Read More →England's Railtrack asked the army for hundreds of skilled recruits to fill shortages of engineers and signaling staff.
Read More →The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is moving forward with a $309 million plan to build a light-rail line connecting downtown Los Angeles west to Culver City, a span of about nine miles.
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In the Steel City, a light rail revival that began in the mid-1980s is accelerating with an ambitious plan to effectively double the size of the system in the next two years.
Read More →In the past year, ridership on all forms of rail increased 5% or more, showing that investment in that mode by the federal government was put to good use, said Bill Millar, president of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA).
Read More →Energy conservation has been on the mind of most people lately, and intercity passenger rail is proving to be energy efficient.
Read More →Hong Kong rail operator MTR Corp. asked a local movie maker to cut a ghost scene from her new thriller for fear it would scare away passengers, Reuters reported.
Read More →Melding public and private interests can help to provide launch funding for rail projects while reducing costs, streamlining development and shortening implementation schedules.
Read More →A train dedicated to the cinema was designed for use in Seoul, South Korea, to make traveling on the system more pleasurable.
Read More →How do automated peoplemovers (APMs) fit into the larger world of public transportation? Not easily, according to the author. The APM Conference in San Francisco will examine this often-ignored transportation mode.
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