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How do you make public transit even more environmentally-friendly and efficient for the 21st Century? SEPTA, in partnership with a Philadelphia smart grid company is bringing the regenerative braking energy technology long used by hybrid-electric vehicles to its Market-Frankford Line elevated trains.
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But despite all of the changes in the past year, TriMet’s operators have remained a steadying force, helping those who have needed to ride and serving the community through extraordinary times.
Read More →Coalitions of citizens are banding together to improve transit in their regions. As more of these organizations pop up, national networks are forming.
Read More →Pat Foye, the authority's executive director, told Politico New York that he has been troubled with the huge cost of the Hub at a time of limited resources for infrastructure.
Read More →When fully implemented, 75 percent of residents in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area will live within 1.2 miles of rapid transit, compared to just 42 percent currently.
Read More →With construction expected to begin in 2014, the system could be fully operational by 2016.
Read More →The Commuter Coaches feature 57 comfortable forward-facing seats by Amaya, a Braun wheelchair lift, overhead airflow controls, LED interior lighting including reading lights, and other comforts designed to attract suburban and other distance commuters.
Read More →This paper will focus on the creation of a strategic intent that involves our employees and how the words alone don't solve our industry's people and performance initiatives. Moreover, it will demonstrate that the motivational elements our transit industry must endure - are directly in front of us - namely our workers.
Read More →Transit union sets Friday as deadline for contract agreement.
Read More →February 4 marks Transit Equity Day, a celebration of Rosa Parks who played a key role in the civil rights movement 70 years ago, which eventually lead to the desegregation of public transportation.
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