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Money will go to 152 projects, which include replacing aging buses with fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles, constructing new bus shelters and maintenance facilities and installing updated fare boxes and fleet tracking systems.
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With evolving fare collection systems in transit and acceptance of contactless technology for use in student ID cards, integration is becoming easier.
Read More →Los Angeles Times columnist notes that the Southern California transit agencies raising fares this summer need to do more to entice riders to use public transit.
Read More →The association’s latest report, "Impacts of the Recession on Public Transportation Agencies", shows that since Jan. 1, 2009, 84 percent of public transit systems have raised fares, cut service or are considering either of those actions. Fifty-nine percent of public transit systems reported that they have already cut service or raised fares.
Read More →With fare hikes and service cuts becoming close to inevitable for mass transportation systems, senior citizens and the disabled seem to be taking the brunt of the blow.
Read More →Tri-Rail, the commuter rail service connecting Palm Beach and Broward Counties with Miami-Dade County, will be the first transit agency to join in the creation of a South Florida regional system, giving Floridians the ability to use one fare card — a smart card — to travel on both systems. Palm Tran and Broward County Transit are expected to join later.
Read More →With "online detour" in MOBILE-ITCS, current disturbances can be easily navigated at the spur of the moment. All necessary information is provided to vehicles, drivers and real-time information systems.
Read More →Many assaults stem from confrontations involving passengers who refuse to pay the proper fare. To help mitigate the problem, some transit systems have turned to offering self-defense training and equipping vehicles with driver shields, and supplying operators with pepper gel.
Read More →Report is based on a survey of 98 APTA transit system members representing more than one-half of the nation's transit riders, and includes 10 of the top 15 agencies in terms of annual ridership.
Read More →Providing new capabilities for an all-in-one reader that will process bank cards, prepaid cards and smart card-enabled mobile phones.
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