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While most of the backlog can be attributed to rail, more than 40 percent of the nation's buses are also in poor to marginal condition.
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Bus drivers experience higher levels of MSDs than both the general population and other employees at transit agencies.
Read More →More bomb detection teams deployed by TSA are helping to create a better security force for transit agencies.
Read More →Mechanical breakdowns, stranded trains, rising fares and plans for additional budget cuts have left New Yorkers fuming.
Read More →HDR has experience with streetcar projects, having provided engineering, architectural, environmental, and construction work on streetcar projects in over 30 cities in North America.
Read More →According to the Oshkosh Transit System’s (now GO Transit) monthly ridership reports, nearly 86,000 UW Oshkosh riders took the bus in 2011. In 2012, UW Oshkosh-based ridership surged like never before, resulting in an 18% annual increase.
Read More →A campus shuttle ran over a student who was crossing the street against a “Don’t Walk” sign. The bus driver claimed to not to have seen the student. A campus spokesperson said that the university should focus on adding crosswalks and signage along streets with heavy foot traffic.
Read More →The new APTA chair is Doran J. Barnes, executive director, Foothill Transit, West Covina, Calif. Barnes, who is the executive director for the system succeeds Valarie J. McCall.
Read More →The cars, build in the 1950s, were purchased from Dallas Area Rapid Transit, where they were in operation between 1996 and 2012.
Read More →Recognized for its leadership in rider-facing transit technology, and “having an incredibly positive and widespread impact on the way people think about and use public transit...” according to an FTA official. TransLoc powers N.C.-based Triangle Transit’s live bus tracking system, GoLive.
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