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Newsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 23, 2023

Study Reveals Most Dangerous States to Use Public Transportation

High Rise Legal Funding analyzed bus fatality data from 2010-2022 from the Bureau of Transport Statistics as well as rail accident data for 2022 from the Federal Railroad Administration for its latest study.

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Transit Dispatchesby Scott Shepard August 15, 2023

AI pilot study set to launch in Helsinki and Chicago

The aim is to better understand rider behavior, reduce illegal parking and pavement riding, and harvest granular data to assist planners and policymakers looking to identify infrastructure gaps.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsAugust 10, 2023

New York Gov. Announces Statewide Cybersecurity Strategy

The Strategy articulates, for the first time, a set of high-level objectives for cybersecurity and resilience across New York.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsAugust 9, 2023

U of South Florida Lands FTA Grant To Support Transit Worker Safety

The initiative will better inform FTA’s efforts in developing public transportation safety measures in the light of many reports of violence toward transit workers.

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Safety Cornerby John FogelAugust 2, 2023

A Bright Future for Your Commuter Railway

Three years after its onset, the state of emergency around the COVID-19 pandemic has officially been lifted by the World Health Organization. In the months leading up to this declaration, commuter culture had already started to see a resurgence

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Newsby Alex RomanJuly 19, 2023

NTSB Investigating Factors in Greyhound Illinois Crash

During a press conference, the NTSB said the investigation will center around human performance, survival factors, and motor carrier factors, as well as rest area safety, bus occupant protection, potential driver fatigue, and medical fitness.

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Safety Cornerby Fred AnderskyJuly 17, 2023

Driver Education - Success Factors for Advanced Safety Technologies

Adoption of ADAS technology, while increasingly common in passenger and commercial vehicles, has not yet migrated to the transit bus market. That situation could change. One reason is interest from the federal government.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsJuly 14, 2023

WMATA to Reopen 2 Orange Line Stations

In total, WMATA’s team installed nearly 25 miles of new rail during this phase of construction, replacing some of the oldest rail in the system to improve safety and reliability.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJuly 11, 2023

OLI Unveils Updated ProDriver eLearning

The update is to address startling statistics from the Federal Railroad Administration reveal that approximately one in four railroad crossing collisions in the U.S. involve tractor-trailer trucks and other vehicles requiring a Commercial Driver License (CDL).

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJuly 10, 2023

CVSA's Operation Safe Driver Week is Underway

Officers, troopers, and inspectors throughout North America will take to roadways with keen attention to passenger vehicle drivers and commercial motor vehicle drivers who are driving unsafely.

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