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With mobile ticketing, upgrades to reduce emissions, and even the creation of e-scooters, technology is making transit more accessible and appealing for users, while also reducing its environmental impact.
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Approved by the Commonwealth Transportation Board, the program supports ongoing infrastructure projects while providing new investments in transit, state of good repair and transportation alternatives.
Read More →The Administration offered cuts to crucial programs that fund public transit infrastructure to pay for their proposed infrastructure plan.
Read More →METRO’s Executive Editor Alex Roman sits down with Colin Parent, Executive Director and General Counsel at Circulate San Diego, to discuss his recent report, “The Powerless Brokers,” and what it reveals about how decisions get made — and too often stalled — in public transit in California, as well as the rest of the US.
Read More →The Chicago Regional Transportation Authority, in conjunction with the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Metra and Pace Suburban Bus, is launching a multi-year marketing campaign to improve public awareness and perception of public transportation, and to attract new transit riders, to the system in the RTA's six-county region.
Read More →As more agencies shift from a traditional bus-only model to a multimodal system to cut costs and expand services, contractorsare helping them adapt and grow with these new changes.
Read More →As ADA approaches the 30-year mark, transit agencies are evaluating the improvements made and what still needs doing.
Read More →It also shows that their primary driver for using public transit is convenience and, as such, technologies including mobile ticketing and vehicle location tracking are having a positive effect on ridership numbers.
Read More →As gas prices rise, and predictions indicate they will continue to increase throughout the year, APTA’s monthly “Transit Savings Report” notes that riding public transportation saves individuals, on average, $9,656 annually, and up to $805 per month based on the Jan. 5, 2011 average national gas price.
Read More →While much of society is still grappling with the realities surrounding real-world autonomous implementations, various transit authorities and mobility-as-a-service pioneer, Beep, have been bringing concept into reality across the country.
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