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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 13, 2024

Ohio's COTA Names New President/CEO

Monica Tellez-Fowler was voted unanimously by the board to take over for Joanna M. Pinkerton following her departure on May 6.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsMarch 13, 2024

Locally-Led California Projects Land $236M to Reconnect Communities

The funding is aimed at reconnecting communities cut off by transportation infrastructure decades ago, leaving entire neighborhoods without direct access to opportunity, like schools, jobs, medical offices, and places of worship.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsMarch 12, 2024

Florida's Tri-Rail Hits Ridership Milestone

It is the first time the average weekday ridership was over 14,000 in any month since February 2020, exactly four years ago, when Tri-Rail ridership was regularly at 15,000 daily rides.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 12, 2024

Caltrain Continues to Successfully Test Electric Trains

The testing will allow the agency to ramp up the testing of the new fleet as the launch of electrified service this fall grows closer.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsMarch 12, 2024

Feds Invest $4B in 14 Major Transit Construction Projects

The rail and BRT projects will bring about transformative change in their communities by providing transit opportunities to new riders, creating jobs, and jumpstarting economic development.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 12, 2024

Metro-North, LIRR Experience Record On-Time Performance

Metro-North was able to achieve the record on-time performance while still maintaining its aggressive infrastructure program, with crews working to complete a major switch replacement project on Grand Central Terminal’s upper level.

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Newsby StaffMarch 11, 2024

Chicago's Crews to begin 'Refresh & Renew' Rail Station Work

In 2024, crews will be performing an estimated $6.5 million in repairs and maintenance. Through the end of May, crews will focus on 13 rail stations across five lines, as well as improvements at three bus turnarounds.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsMarch 8, 2024

SacRT Launches Development of First Mobility Hubs

The SacRT Mobility Hub Implementation Plan will be a community-driven approach to identify and site which of SacRT’s light rail stations should be prioritized for inclusion in the Sacramento Region’s 52 mobility hubs.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 8, 2024

WMATA Report Sees Improvements in Ridership, Customer Satisfaction

Nearly one-half of Metrobus customers saw buses arrive every 12 minutes or less, and more than half of rail customers saw trains arrive every six minutes or less, on average.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsMarch 8, 2024

Sound Transit Forms Plan to Address Crowding on Future Line

Among the steps the agency is proposing when the Lynwood Link extension opens are increased storage capacity for trains, which allows for more frequent service during peak hours, and alternative bus service between Snohomish County and Seattle.

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