Metro Magazine
MENU
SEARCHMENUSEARCHLoading data...
Scott Bogren, Executive Director for the Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA), joins METRO’s Executive Editor Alex Roman to discuss what the CTAA does and what issues its membership are currently facing; how smaller transit agencies are re-thinking and reinforcing the ways they provide mobility in their communities; ongoing funding issues even after the infusion from the IIJA; and much more.
Read More →
European and Asian success in this mode have the essential elements that California and the U.S. seek to emulate: strong government funding and policy oversight roles that show consistent public commitment over decades. All this must also be coupled with private sector funding participation, project delivery and service operation in a managed competition.
Read More →The proposal to bar public transit from receiving funds from the federal motor fuels tax is part of a bill coming before the House Ways and Means Committee Feb. 3. The bill sets the revenue levels for the five-year surface transportation bill making its way through the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Read More →New General Distributor REV Coach LLC will start selling Setra motorcoaches in January 2018.
Read More →Fact Sheet for Employees, Employers, and a Questions and Answers document — addresses critical questions about COVID-19.
Read More →The U.S. private motorcoach, school bus, and domestic passenger vessel industries have suffered unprecedented economic losses and furloughed hundreds of thousands of employees over the past four months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More →Having successfully completed Altoona testing, the 40-foot, environmentally-friendly CNG-powered vehicle is currently completing FMVSS/CMVSS certification and will be ready for sale before the end of 2017.
Read More →Policymakers are calling for tougher Buy America procurement rules, which largely ignore how the real marketplace works and could undermine the very employment opportunities that these proposals seek to expand.
Read More →In part two of our series, Keolis’ David Scorey highlights the impact of the largest-ever single investment in public transportation in the U.S.
Read More →Rider-focused improvements will begin rolling out across the system immediately as CTA, Metra, and Pace increase service this summer in the six-county region.
Read More →