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NewsSeptember 24, 2021

Sound Transit's Rogoff to Depart in 2022

Upon his arrival in early 2016, Rogoff worked with the board and communities across the region to help shape and earn voter approval for the Sound Transit 3 Plan while simultaneously leading efforts to advance major light rail expansions to the east, north, and south.

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NewsSeptember 24, 2021

Amsted Rail, Alstom Partner to Supply 200 Commuter Railcars

Amsted Rail will provide complete, assembled bogie systems, plus couplers, draft gears, and crash energy management systems.

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NewsSeptember 22, 2021

Metra Police Save Man from Jumping Off Bridge

The incident was recorded on one of the officers’ body cameras.

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NewsSeptember 22, 2021

SEPTA Creating Long-Term Vision for Regional Rail

Reimagining Regional Rail will create a vision of what that looks like and will identify the infrastructure, equipment, operations, and policies needed to get there.

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NewsSeptember 22, 2021

New York’s MTA to Increase Mask Enforcement Throughout the System

The goal of heightened enforcement is to increase mask usage across all agencies, and to return to 2020 and early 2021 compliance levels where nearly 100% of riders wore masks onboard subways, buses, commuter railroads, and paratransit vehicles.

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NewsSeptember 21, 2021

DART Adds Contactless Fare Payment

The contactless payment option gives riders a new touch-free option for paying their fare, along with the GoPass® mobile app and GoPass® Tap card. Riders simply tap, ride, and go.

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NewsSeptember 15, 2021

Metro Transit Equips Vehicles with Wi-Tronix

Metro Transit will improve fleet availability with this new system by replacing a Monitoring Diagnostic System (MDS). This will also simplify maintenance and reduce transit delays.

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NewsSeptember 14, 2021

New York's MTA Announces Security Cameras Installed at All Stations

Cameras were deployed Sept. 11 at the 472nd station, Broadway station on the line.

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NewsSeptember 13, 2021

Berger to Lead U.S. Transportation Business at WSP USA

Berger will assume her new role leading the company’s business line on Sept. 20.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 10, 2021

Sound Transit 'Ambassador' Program to Enforce Transit Fares

The Fare Ambassador Pilot Program grew out of passenger feedback and community engagement that expressed discomfort with fare enforcement officers who resemble law enforcement.

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