$2.3M in grants awarded to train veterans for bus driving positions
The funding is provided through FMCSA’s Commercial Motor Vehicle - Operator Safety Training grant program.
The funding is provided through FMCSA’s Commercial Motor Vehicle - Operator Safety Training grant program.
He has been with the organization for 28 years, serving in a variety of capacities during his tenure and will succeed Dale Marisco, who has held the position since 1995.
Tim Sanderson has more than 15 years of experience in transit in Nashville, Tenn.; Winnipeg, Canada; and Brandon, Canada.
Aurora “A.J.” Jackson — the current GM of Montebello Bus Lines in Montebello, Calif. — started her career at Montebello as a bus operator working to pay her way through college.
The driver had reportedly been in four other accidents in the previous 18 months but was allowed to stay behind the wheel.
The option has been available for many years in Europe but only debuted in North America with late availability in the 2015 model year.
To enhance understanding of the Act, the new circular offers a user-friendly, one-stop resource on its requirements.
Launched in June of 2014, the GoMobile application has now been downloaded by more than 30,000 customers.
The fences are installed in known rock-slide areas and are designed to send signals if they are hit with debris, Amtrak CEO Joseph Boardman said.
The multi-colored LED displays, part of the subway system’s Public Address Customer Information System, will feature next train arrival and destination information as well as graphical information. A text to speech function aids visually impaired transit riders with clear and easy to access messaging.
To further enhance the agency’s customer connectivity options, Metra will also be installing free Wi-Fi in the waiting areas of downtown stations within 45 days, and it recently announced plans to test Wi-Fi on 11 cars systemwide before January 2016.
A look at some of the fleets that made this year's METRO Top 100.
As part of METRO's APTA coverage, we asked some of the top names in transit to discuss what their first experience was when riding public transportation for the first time.
The new APTA chair is Valarie J. McCall, board of trustees, of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. McCall, who is the chief of government and international affairs for the city of Cleveland succeeds Phillip A. Washington.
Provides an Uber-like mobile experience for passengers and drivers, while giving transit administrators the most effective platform to operate a state-of-the-art demand-response system.
Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams had encouraged eclipse viewers to take mass transit to their destinations for safety and congestion relief.
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