CTA, CDOT Releases 'Better Streets for Buses Plan'
The plan supports key transportation goals of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration, including improving bus reliability and coordination of infrastructure investments to improve transit.
The plan supports key transportation goals of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration, including improving bus reliability and coordination of infrastructure investments to improve transit.
The move will result in an additional $1.25 per hour wage increase, which for example, would increase the starting hourly wage for Broward County Transit bus operators to $20.73.
The standing-room-only ceremony was held at the Jane Thompson Memorial Chambers.
Metro’s monthly bus and rail ridership is now at 79% of its 2019 pre-pandemic level. Average weekend ridership is now at 92% of pre-pandemic (October 2019) levels and 78% for average weekdays.
Anthony Incorvati, Business Development Manager, Americas, for Axis Communications, joins METRO’s Executive Editor Alex Roman from the APTA EXPO show floor to discuss video surveillance, Artificial Intelligence, and much more.
To date, the Administration has announced nearly $400 billion in IIJA funding, including over 40,000 specific projects and awards, across over 4,500 communities in all 50 states, D.C., the territories, and for Tribes.
At the recent APTA TRANSform & EXPO, INIT hosted two unique roundtables in their booth that featured public transit officials discussing how they were able to increase equity, inclusion, and innovation through revamping their fare collection programs.
The corridors were selected based on ridership potential, increasing access to jobs, future housing, and development growth projections, and more.
The grant will be used to build a 15-mile route that will provide fast, frequent, clean, and reliable service for the University of Wisconsin, the Madison Central Business District, and other important destinations in Wisconsin’s capital city.
Both acquisitions are subject to the bankruptcy court’s approval, as well as regulatory approvals and closing conditions.
Learn about an exciting new partnership that was announced at APTA’s TRANSform & EXPO, how open APIs can spur future collaborations between suppliers, improving the passenger experience, and much more.
The new agreement is worth almost $1.3 billion over its entire duration, until 2030.
The Joint Office is a collaborative effort between the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Transportation.
The contract to provide Contracted Urban Bus (CUB) service will run from 2024 to 2029 and restricts expenses during those five years to $151.2 million.
Voters continued to voice their overwhelming support for public transit by approving 14 out of 19 measures supporting public transit.
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