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Newsby Staff and News ReportsSeptember 28, 2023

Florida's PSTA Finds Savings to Preserve 3 Troubled Routes

Board members also voted 10 to 4 to maintain PSTA’s 0.7500 capped tax rate, approving a final budget that preserves 95% of PSTA’s bus routes, as well as its mobility options that assist disabled residents.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseSeptember 28, 2023

VIA Board Adopts $390M Operating, Capital Budget

The VIA Board of Trustees unanimously adopted a $390.8 million consolidated FY2024 budget that supports improvements to bus and van service.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsSeptember 28, 2023

Biz Briefs: Steamship Authority, Vicinity, and More

Get the latest from Steamship Authority, Vicinity Motor Corp., Wabtec Bus Solutions, and Papercast.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsSeptember 26, 2023

MCTS Begins to Return Battery-Electric Buses Into Service

The electric buses will start returning to the mixed fleet of both battery-electric and clean-diesel buses now through November.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsSeptember 26, 2023

FTA Awards $9.9M to 22 Tribes, Alaskan Native Villages

The competitive grants under FTA’s Tribal Transit Program allow Tribes to buy transit vehicles, upgrade bus facilities, and expand transit options.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsSeptember 25, 2023

Alexander Dennis Taps Big Rig to Partner on Double-Deck Bus Builds

The new arrangement replicates the highly successful partnerships Alexander Dennis has in the Asia-Pacific region with contract manufacturers in China and New Zealand.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsSeptember 25, 2023

L.A. Metro Continues to Rise in August

Metro’s monthly bus and rail ridership is now at 79% of its 2019 pre-pandemic level. Average weekend ridership is now at 75% of pre-pandemic (August 2019) levels and 79.5% for average weekdays.

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Articlesby Alex RomanSeptember 25, 2023

Wave Transit, Moovit Bring Increased Mobility Options to Wilmington, N.C.

By expanding mobility options, the partnership has enabled those in the region to fill the first-mile, last-mile conundrum by better connecting to fixed-route transit services. The team, along with Bus.Com, is a 2023 recipient of METRO's Innovative Solutions Award.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseSeptember 22, 2023

CapMetro Launches New App, Fare System

Customers will be able to pay per ride for CapMetro Bus or Rail services and experience cost savings that are similar to paying the full cost for a daily or monthly pass upfront.  

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseSeptember 22, 2023

MBTA Expands Pay-Per-Use Limited Fare Program

Launching late September, nearly 2,000 Somerville municipal employees will have unlimited access to subway and local bus services with their trips fully funded by the City of Somerville for the duration of the Pay-Per-Use limited fare program initiative.

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