METRO Magazine Logo
MenuMENU
SearchSEARCH
Enter keywords to search across all content
Newsby StaffMay 31, 2012

FMCSA shuts down 26 bus operations

The bus companies transported over 1,800 passengers a day along Interstate-95, from New York to Florida. The action is the largest single safety crackdown in the agency’s history.

Read More →
Newsby StaffMay 24, 2012

Fla. charter service offering satellite TV

Astro Travel & Tours Inc. provides chartered services throughout its geographic market — spanning northern Florida and southern Georgia — and anywhere else in the continental U.S.

Read More →
Newsby StaffApril 4, 2012

Florida co. may build private passenger rail

Florida East Coast Industries’ “All Aboard Florida” would connect Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa and Orlando and utilize the 200 miles of track between these cities the company already owns and uses for freight.

Read More →
Ad Loading...
Newsby StaffMarch 8, 2012

LYNX airport to Disney route receives $1.2M

The route, which includes stops at Florida Mall and near International Drive, is often used by lower-income employees of Disney, the airport and other tourism businesses to commute to and from work.

Read More →
From the Editor'sby Nicole SchlosserFebruary 17, 2012

Bus deaths prompt uneasy questions about responsibility

The recent case of a college student hazing death on a Florida motorcoach that made national news once again raises questions about how much responsibility bus operators hold over passenger behavior and what should be expected of drivers in preventing underage drinking. Meanwhile, California and one Iowa university are reacting by cracking down on party buses.

Read More →
Newsby StaffJanuary 25, 2012

Prevost delivers 2 H3-45s to Fla.

Astro Travel and Tour's dark green coaches ply both the local roads of its North Florida/South Georgia market as well as the interstates of the continental U.S.

Read More →
Ad Loading...
Newsby StaffNovember 28, 2011

New Tri-Rail station to be solar powered

Officials say it will be the first transit station in Florida and one of the first in the nation to be completely supported by solar energy.

Read More →
Newsby StaffNovember 14, 2011

Web Extra: Are university transit fees rising along with ridership?

System operators from Florida, Georgia, Illinois and Connecticut tell us about rapidly increasing ridership numbers and raising fees.

Read More →
Newsby StaffOctober 24, 2011

REI, ETA win Miami contract

To furnish, deliver, install, test and commission an Intelligent Transit Management System at Florida International University (FIU). American Coach Lines operates FIU's bus fleet.

Read More →
Ad Loading...
Newsby StaffOctober 5, 2011

Public transportation touted as key economic driver in keynote session

In the Tuesday general session at the APTA Expo, guest speaker Richard Florida, founder of Creative Class Group and author, says ‘post-crash prosperity’ is possible, but only through investing in a public transportation system that fits a new generation America.

Read More →