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Implementing a fuel transition program and buying used buses are some tactics this year’s respondents are turning to.
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The Plug-In Hybrid Transit Bus is half the weight of current hybrid buses in the market and achieves twice the energy efficiency.
Read More →While ridership continues to grow across the industry, many transit agencies are focused on ways to grow millennial usage, including the addition of USB charging stations, Wi-Fi, and real-time bus arrival technologies, as well as targeted advertising and marketing campaigns.
Read More →In the three months since the release of official apps for railroad customers, LIRR Train Time and Metro-North Train Time, approximately 120,000 people have downloaded the apps for iPhone and Android.
Read More →The GILLIG bus will allow staff to gain operational and maintenance experience and will also allow the agency to conduct bus familiarization training with fire departments.
Read More →The number of visitors to the CTA Bus Tracker Website has steadily increased; since Nov. 1, the site has logged an average of approximately 20,000 visits per weekday.
Read More →The bill gives transit agencies two years to develop Bus Operations Safety Risk Reduction Programs.
Read More →A new method of bus coordination abandons the concept of tightly-managed headways or schedules, drivers instead follow the flow of traffic, and natural headways emerge over time.
Read More →St. Ambrose University is banning Bar Hoppers, a party bus company that was picking up students on campus who were out drinking, due to concern over the welfare of students.
Read More →As ridership is decreasing nationwide, many agencies are concentrating on developing a multimodal approach to better tie in first, last-mile options with bus services serving as the backbone.
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