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Newsby Staff and News ReportsNovember 9, 2023

New TOD Legislation Renews TransLink’s Call for Provincial Funding Commitment

This legislation represents one of the most significant changes to land use and zoning policy that has ever been seen in the province, but "it won’t succeed unless the three levels of government work together to deliver better transit in this region."

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Articlesby Alex RomanNovember 9, 2023

March Networks Unveils New Capabilities, Focuses on Future of Video Surveillance

METRO Executive Editor Alex Roman recently spoke to Net Payne, chief sales and marketing officer at March Networks, about the new platform, the importance of surveillance in transit, and how AI will continue to play a role in the industry’s future.

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Newsby StaffNovember 7, 2023

California High-Speed Rail Releases Design Services RFQ

There are more than 25 active construction sites in California’s Central Valley, with the authority having environmentally cleared 422 miles of the high-speed rail program from the Bay Area to the Los Angeles Basin.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsNovember 7, 2023

Southern California’s Metrolink, Amtrak Provide Expanded Customer Options

The new expanded codeshare reciprocity will run as a pilot program currently slated to end June 30, 2024.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseNovember 7, 2023

FRA Awards $16.4B for Passenger Rail Projects

Projects were selected through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Program (Fed-State NEC).

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseNovember 6, 2023

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Funding to Advance Second Avenue Subway Project

The funding will help support the 1.8-mile extension of the Q line along the east side of Manhattan to 125th Street, relieving overcrowding on the Lexington Avenue Line, which transports 200,000 riders per day.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseNovember 3, 2023

New York MTA Completes Re-NEW-vations at Hunters Point Ave, Avenue J Stations

This work is part of New York City Transit (NYCT)’s Re-NEW-vation Program which utilizes planned service outages to perform station-wide repairs, enhancements, and deep cleaning.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsNovember 3, 2023

L.A. Metro Releases Measure M 5-Year Assessment, Equity Report

The 189-page report provides an overview of the first five years of Measure M funding (July 2017 to June 2022), and a fresh approach to assessing sales tax revenue through an equity framework that focuses on people first and the role Measure M, and Metro by extension, play in quality-of-life outcomes.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsNovember 2, 2023

Texas' DCTA Hits Highest Ridership Since 2019

The agency attracted its strongest ridership gains aboard its combined bus services, as well as its GoZone on-demand rideshare service.

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Articlesby Dan Verbsky November 2, 2023

How Advanced Content Management Systems Can Enhance Transit Hub Experiences, Capabilities

CMSs are making it possible to centrally control content, power, and emergency broadcast capabilities for virtually every type and size of digital screen from flight information displays and overhead banners to direct-view LED video walls and menu boards.

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