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When travel stops, buses don’t move. Discover how motorcoach operations were able to stay afloat during the COVID-19 crisis.
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FTA Acting Administrator Therese McMillan highlighted a few programs that have been created to help fill the needs of the industry, including the FTA’s Ladders of Opportunity initiative, which made available $100 million in grants for transit agencies to modernize and expand transit bus service specifically for the purpose of connecting disadvantaged and low-income individuals, veterans, seniors, youths, and others with local workforce training, employment centers, healthcare and other vital services.
Read More →While on the face of it the proposal sounds like a great idea, the changes miss the real solution to building the U.S. transit supply side and could worsen American companies' ability to compete overseas.
Read More →Whether it’s providing billions for transportation initiatives to shaping legislation, or launching an innovative bus rapid transit project, the "Influential" leaders on this list have worked to make public transportation better.
Read More →The City of Seattle is encouraging people to use public transit and other forms of non-automobile transportation by paying them not to use more than one car.
Read More →Regarding infrastructure, the President-elect released a preliminary plan that calls for $25 billion in immediate investment in a variety of infrastructure activities and $60 billion in new transportation investment.
Read More →The alternative propulsion technology is expected to power trains running at speeds up to 125 mph.
Read More →A widely respected leader in the U.S. motorcoach industry, he brings over two decades of strategic, operational, and customer-focused transportation experience to his new role.
Read More →H.R. 4676, introduced by Rep. Sam Farr (D-Calif.), directs the Commerce Department to create a grant program promoting domestic tourism growth and authorizes $10 million in competitive grants ranging in value from $100,000 to $1 million each.
Read More →More than 76% support increasing public funding to expand and improve public transportation services to achieve these goals.
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