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Rail•by Staff and News Reports•May 28, 2024

Feds Award $343M to Modernize Rail Transit Stations

The investment, created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, has been awarded through the All Stations Accessibility Program.

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Bus•by News/Media Release•May 28, 2024

SEPTA Approves Bus Network Redesign Plan

SEPTA will now proceed to implement the plan, with the first service changes for customers expected to begin next year.

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L.A. Metro Ridership Up for 17th Straight Month

In April 2024, Metro had 26,210,300 boardings on its bus and rail services. A total of 21,286,056 rides were taken each weekday, with Saturday boardings at 2,702,268 and Sunday boardings at 2,221,976.

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Management•by Staff•May 24, 2024

Pittsburgh Passes FY25 Capital, Operating Budgets

The operating budget totals $539.3 million, an increase of less than 1% over last year’s budget, reflecting changes in inflation, rising costs in goods, and a labor shortage that is affecting transit agencies across the country.

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Bus•by News/Media Release•May 24, 2024

BC Transit Adding 29 Alexander Dennis Double-Deck Buses

The new Enviro500 will be built as part of the partnership between Alexander Dennis and Big Rig Manufacturing.

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Rail•by Staff and News Reports•May 24, 2024

L.A. Metro Approves EIR for East Side Extension

The action finalizes the environmental review for this two-phased project that will extend the Metro E Line nine miles further east from its current terminus at Atlantic Station in East Los Angeles to Lambert Station in the City of Whittier.

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Sound Transit Set to Launch Fare Inspection Program

The first phase of the rollout will begin June 3. Fare Ambassadors will continue to conduct fare checks on board Link and Sounder trains.

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Management•by Staff•May 23, 2024

IndyGo Lifts Interim Tag, Name Pyrz President/CEO

Jennifer Pyrz joined IndyGo in April 2020 as the agency’s chief development officer and VP, infrastructure, strategy, and innovation, overseeing all day-to-day planning, design, and construction at IndyGo.

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Security and Safety•by Staff•May 23, 2024

New York MTA Reports On Fare Evasion Reduction Efforts

Convened in the spring of 2022, the Blue-Ribbon Panel, consisting of education, social justice, business, and law enforcement experts, was given a mandate to investigate the root causes of fare and toll evasion and develop a comprehensive strategy to combat it.

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Bus•by Staff and News Reports•May 23, 2024

Maryland Transit Preserves Commuter Bus Service, Limits Service Reductions

The agency announced it will retain service on all routes at reduced frequencies to connect riders from the suburbs to job centers in the metropolitan Baltimore and Washington region. The new schedules will go into effect on July 1.

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