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Newsby StaffMay 29, 2025

New York MTA Approves Resubmitting Historic Five-Year Capital Plan

The proposed plan will now be resubmitted to the MTA Capital Program Review Board in Albany, signaling a major step forward for what MTA officials are calling the agency's most rigorously developed capital program.

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Transit Dispatchesby Mark R. AeschMay 28, 2025

From Budget Size to Service Impact: Rethinking Public Transit Investment

Why it's time for public transit agencies to shift focus from the size of their budgets to how effectively those funds drive service on the street.

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SEPTA buses parked outside a democratic national convention.
Newsby StaffMay 22, 2025

Philadelphia’s SEPTA Expands Cost-Saving Plan with New Phase of Efficiency Program

Facing a $213 million deficit, SEPTA is launching the next phase of its Efficiency & Accountability Program, building on employee-led innovations, fare enforcement, and real estate development.

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Newsby StaffMay 16, 2025

San Diego's Budget Maintains Full Service on Trolley, 92 Bus Routes in FY 2026

MTS has balanced its FY 2026 budget with projected revenues and expenses at $473.1 million.

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Newsby StaffApril 10, 2025

WMATA Approves Nearly $5B FY2026 Budget

The approved budget continues to fund WMATA at levels where service is safe, frequent, and reliable.

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Newsby StaffApril 10, 2025

SEPTA Budget Proposal Includes 45% Service Cuts, 21.5% Fare Increases

The release of the budget comes amid critical negotiations on a statewide transit funding plan introduced in February by Gov. Shapiro that would prevent these dire measures from taking effect.

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Newsby StaffMarch 21, 2025

Chicago Agencies Detail Possible Service Cuts, Need for Action

The $770 million budget shortfall that agencies face beginning in 2026 threatens unprecedented cuts to CTA, Metra, and Pace services, the scale of which are now coming into clearer view.

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Newsby StaffMarch 20, 2025

California's OCTA Successfully Delivering on Commitment, Review Finds

The assessment, covering the period from July 2021 to June 2024, was conducted by Sjoberg Evashenk Consulting and evaluated OCTA’s efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance in delivering transportation improvements funded through the half-cent sales tax initiative.

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Newsby StaffMarch 20, 2025

Pittsburgh Looks to Raise Fares, Cut Service Due to Budget Constraints

If approved by PRT's board next week, the agency would begin soliciting public feedback on March 31 and hold three public hearings in April, May, and June before the board adopts next year's budget, which begins in July.

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Newsby StaffMarch 14, 2025

Toronto Expands Fare Inspections to Bus Network

Customers riding streetcars and entering subway stations through fare gates are already subject to random fare inspections, however, adding the bus network is another step in the TTC’s enhanced efforts to protect some of the $140 million lost to fare evasion yearly.

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