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The online platform has been in beta testing since the beginning of the semester and will display the location of vehicles at all times. It will also be made available for smartphones in the future.
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Lexington, Ky.’s Blue Grass Tours’ two new coaches feature a state-of-the-art-entertainment system and a smooth-riding wide-ride suspension. Baton Rouge, La.’s First Apostolic Church’s new coach comes equipped with a Cummins engine, Allison B500 transmission and a Smartwave tire pressure monitoring system.
Read More →Wisconsin has suspended work under its existing high-speed rail agreement and the incoming Governors in Wisconsin and Ohio have both indicated that they will not move forward to use high-speed rail money received under the Recovery Act.
Read More →Cocoa Beach-based Travelynx has seen 25 percent growth in business since 2009, which it attributes to customers willing to pay more for luxury motorcoach services.
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Preparations include having two jet-engine-powered snow blowers available to remove ice and snow from tracks and critical switching areas of its rail operations.
Read More →Signs for all 270 MBTA stations will be available for sale immediately. Signs will use the same look, design and fonts found in subway stations in Boston and the suburbs, with MBTA receiving a percentage of the sales.
Read More →The group is asking U.S. transportation officials to freeze $3 billion in federal funds awarded to California, almost all of which is being saved for the start of construction in 2012, until minorities are no longer "left out" of the contracting process.
Read More →In addition to streetcar, a study calls for a BRT line on Rural Road, connecting the cities of Tempe and Chandler. Streetcar will advance first as local funding is available from Proposition 400, a countywide, half-cent transportation sales tax renewed by voters in 2004.
Read More →For every $1 billion spent on infrastructure improvements, it is estimated that 18,000 jobs are created. In Orange County, the investment translates into nearly 9,500 jobs for a region hit hard by the economic recession, according to the agency.
Read More →APTA releases the monthly report to examine how an individual in a two-person household can save money by taking public transportation and living with one less car.
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