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Security and Safety

Newsby StaffSeptember 23, 2019

Palm Tran prioritized helping most vulnerable during Hurricane Dorian

In the event of a category five hurricane, this transportation could have been the difference between life and death.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 20, 2019

Transport for London to test 5 new bus fleet safety innovations

The challenge pairs bus operators with innovative developers to come up with solutions to road danger that could complement TfL's Bus Safety Standard.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 19, 2019

USDOT names winners of automated driving demo grants

Grants aim to gather safety data to inform rulemaking and foster collaboration amongst state and local government, private partners.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 17, 2019

NY MTA Proposes Historic $51 Billion to Modernize Bus, Rail Systems

Proposed investment is by far the highest in the MTA's history, increasing spending on infrastructure by 70% over current levels.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 17, 2019

Americans would rather drive themselves to work than use AV: Study

Driverless cars aren’t commercially available yet, so people are not familiar with them or may be leery of the technology.

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ArticlesSeptember 17, 2019

Top 100 Bus Fleets Survey: Transit Works to Boost Ridership, Services

To better serve customers, agencies are revamping services and offering more mobility options, including bike-share, ride-share, microtransit, and more.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 16, 2019

London Underground taps passenger-screening tech to detect knives

Technology works by showing the size, shape and location of any concealed items that block a person’s body heat.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 13, 2019

SEPTA GM Knueppel to retire at year's end

Knueppel, who joined SEPTA in 1988 as an entry level structural engineer, will close out a decorated 32-year career at the agency.

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ArticlesSeptember 11, 2019

Women in Transportation: Metro-North Railroad's Catherine Rinaldi

Welcome to our annual feature where we profile exceptional women from various facets of the transportation industry.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 11, 2019

FRA report finds PTC progress continues to be steady

As of June 30, PTC systems were in operation on approximately 50,300 (87%) of the nearly 58,000 route miles required to be equipped by Congress.

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