ITS Usage Enhances Transit System Services

In this overview, find out how intelligent transportation systems are being employed to provide access to vehicle schedule updates, boost communications and allow users to pay for transit, tolls and parking with a single card.

From Buggies to Buses in 4 Generations

Active since the turn of the 20th Century, the Cyr family tradition of providing qualitycoach services is alive and kicking today at Cyr Bus Lines. Principles developed by founder Joh T. Cyr, often called the father of the American school bus, are still applied today.

NYCT switches to environmentally friendly bus coatings

Transit agency now using line of paint coatings that emits significantly lower solvent levels.

How to Build Ridership Through Individualized Marketing

Modeled after a European program, a pilot project in Portland, Ore., has shown great promise. The key to success has been providing potential riders with specific information on how they can use the transit system.

2 injured in bus stop shooting

Encounter occurs in early morning before buses begin running.

L.A. must buy 145 buses to relieve overcrowding

It will cost the MTA nearly $40 million to purchase the buses by the end of 2005, and another $40 million a year to operate them.

How Transit Satisfies a Big Need in Small Towns

From Clarksburg, W.Va., to Mitchell, S.D., to Presque Isle, Maine, public transit fills a key transportation niche, especially for the elderly and low income. For operators, small buses are the best fit.

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