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The agency announced at the beginning of this week that it would be unable to provide bus and light rail services because of the ATU’s strike.
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Federal law currently caps liability for passenger rail accidents at $200 million, but attorneys for the victims of the 2008 rail accident say costs will far exceed that amount.
Read More →Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) and Belgian bank, KBC Group, reached a settlement, ending a long-term leasing deal after nearly three days of talks in federal court.
Read More →The state’s second round of Volkswagen settlement funding will be used to purchase 235 new propane school buses and three electric transit buses.
Read More →Volkswagen was found guilty and agreed to pay up to $14.7 billion to settle allegations of cheating emissions. As part of the lawsuit, Volkswagen is required to establish and fund an Environmental Mitigation Trust, known as EMT. Over the next 10 years, $2.9 billion from the VW settlement will fund environmental mitigation projects that reduce emissions of NOx.
Read More →Agreement stipulates the money from the German automaker must be used to reduce lung- and heart-damaging nitrogen oxides emitted by diesel trains, buses, ferries and equipment.
Read More →Youth-oriented site contains information on jobs, pay scales, education and training requirements
Read More →The funds will be administered by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority to areas of the state where access to fast charging stations is limited.
Read More →Agreement stems from the $50 million lawsuit filed against the agency following the officer-involved shooting that took place on the Fruitvale BART Station platform on New Year's Day in 2009.
Read More →The proposal enables the authority to address a significant budget deficit and avoid making drastic cuts in service to balance its Fiscal Year 2010 budget. MARTA, in turn, will reallocate $25 million of the authority's capital dollars to fund transit-related projects in the MARTA service area.
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