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Google’s new free app allows riders to use their smart phones to make “tap and pay” transactions to pay their fares.
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Applications include trip planning, maps, bus and rail schedules, GPS location of the nearest stops, trip planning via text messaging and saving planned trips. One application called iNap even alerts the sleepy rider that their stop is coming up.
Read More →After listening to customers and rail advocates protest a proposed 25 percent fare increase at a recent public hearing, transit officials will adjust plans for raising fares.
Read More →Advocates stump for HSR funds. D.C. Metro to test backup system. AC Transit's GM resigns.
Read More →A labor lawyer by training, she has served as president of Long Island Bus and the LIRR during a combined 15 years at the MTA.
Read More →Sunrail is meeting its expected ridership on Thursdays and Fridays, but having issues filling cars Monday through Wednesday.
Read More →Service difficulties have included phone glitches and extended wait times. The agency has had to set up a new call center to accommodate the increased call volume for the service.
Read More →The board approval initiates the process of awarding a contract to Siemens for the purchase of 24 S200 railcars, with the option to purchase up to a total of 60 in the future.
Read More →The campaign showcases the spacious, comfortable seats, and other unique Amtrak amenities and features that can make travel enjoyable again.
Read More →With training hubs in Washington; New York; Los Angeles; Chicago; Wilmington, Del.; and Beech Grove, Ind., the grant will enable the program to train over 600 employees in the next three to five years.
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