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The agency is spending $4.8 million to outfit 48 of its 163 train cars this year. All trains should have cameras by 2018.
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The project could open the door to passenger-train service between Lake and Orange counties, including a connection to the SunRail commuter line.
Read More →Altamont Commuter Express will begin a three-month trial to provide free Internet access to passengers while in transit.
Read More →Phoenix voters in March approved Proposition 300, which allowed the city manager to hire private security guards to cite fare evaders or passengers who commit other violations. Previously, only police officers and their assistants had that authority.
Read More →Ensuring safety and finding talented rail engineers were two of the challenges in building the Hiawatha light rail line in bus-dominated Minneapolis-St. Paul, says Joe Marie, assistant general manager of rail operations at Metro Transit. Competing with the private sector for operations and maintenance was another.
Read More →The SacRT release follows the launch of California’s first contactless payments demonstration on Monterey-Salinas Transit buses in May.
Read More →Will reduce the time between trains and buses and lower peak crowd loads by 10% to 15% in most cases. Through the first half of 2012, CTA's ridership growth was higher than nearly every other major U.S. transit system.
Read More →After a three-month delay, Metro Transit's Hiawatha Light Rail Line is scheduled to open June 26.
Read More →The advancement is funded through Transportation 2050, a 35-year, multi-modal transportation plan approved by Phoenix voters.
Read More →Bus expansion costs are estimated at $112 million, with an estimated cost of 42.6 billion to build the 30-year rail plan.
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