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More than $191 million in federal funding will help three transit agencies replace aging rail vehicles and support a new autonomous shuttle service in Chattanooga.
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The public transit industry faces a severe human resources crisis... we began to focus on the science behind identifying and hiring more resilient human beings up front, in order to make it easier to build resilience and preparedness with employees once they are onboard.
Read More →The public review, to be conducted in accordance with the New York State Administrative Procedure Act (SAPA), will be similar to review processes regularly undertaken when the MTA proposes fare and toll modifications.
Read More →A USF researcher utilized a new personalization feature for Alexa to upgrade the OneBusAway skill.
Read More →Veteran transportation innovator to lead coalition as it pushes nationwide expansion of shared autonomous mobility.
Read More →King County Metro (KCM) and MV Transportation developed and implemented a new multi-tenant GIS recording and reconciliation system to collect, process, and distribute pathway data: CommonPaths.
Read More →The national, openly available map of fixed-guideway and fixed-route transit service in America will allow the U.S. DOT to demonstrate the importance and role of transit in American society and to identify and address gaps in access to public transportation.
Read More →APTA statistics for 2014 show that 16.9% of public transit buses were hybrid-electric. Coming in a close second, public transit systems report that 16.7% of U.S. transit buses used compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG) and blends. Biodiesel is used by 7.4% of public transit buses. Other alternative fuels, such as propane and hydrogen, account for 0.3%.
Read More →Highlighted a national trend of city and state leaders harnessing billions in public transportation spending through a new, innovative U.S. Employment Plan – an incentives-based approach to reward manufacturing companies for creating high quality American jobs, hiring and training diverse workers, and investing in U.S. factories.
Read More →The House amendment to eliminate the High Density States Program would funnel the money into the competitive Bus Grant program that every state is eligible for.
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