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DC Streetcar to Add Sunday Service
In conjunction with the six-month anniversary of service on the DC Streetcar, the District DOT in Washington, DC, announced that the streetcar will add Sunday service on Sept. 18; at the same time, the streetcar will reduce its headways from 15 minutes to 12 minutes, operating with six vehicles. [More]
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IN-DEPTH |
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SGR: A Systems Approach; Industry Responds to SGR Needs, FTA Regulations
It’s an all-too-familiar challenge for public transportation systems and their partner organizations: Find sufficient resources to invest in state of good repair at a rate that matches need. [More]
What Boards Need to Know about State of Good Repair
As the issues, challenges and opportunities in public transportation grow increasingly complex and critical to a public transit agency’s short-term and long-term successes, the role of governing boards grows exponentially consequential. [More]
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COMMENTARY |
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Crumbling Bridges: Now Is the Time to Take Action
As 2015 came to a close, the federal government finally enacted legislation that provides long-term funding for America’s transportation system. The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, despite having its critics, was a welcome development for many infrastructure owners who had endured a decade of frustrating funding uncertainty spawned by a long string of short-term funding extensions. [More]
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2016 APTA AWARDS |
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Celebrating the Industry's Best
APTA is honoring 18 of public transportation’s most exemplary agencies, businesses and individuals during a special ceremony on Tuesday, Sept. 13, at the 2016 Annual Meeting, Sept. 11-14 in Los Angeles. [More]
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AROUND THE INDUSTRY |
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CA Awards $390 Million in Transportation Grants; Cap and Trade Auction Funds Programs
The California State Transportation Agency recently announced $390 million in Transit and Intercity Capital Program grants for 14 public transportation projects, funded through the state’s cap and trade auction proceeds. [More]
New MVTA Route Serves Employment Hubs
The Minnesota Valley Transit Authority (MVTA), Burnsville, MN, worked with employers in Shakopee, MN, to develop a new suburb-to-suburb route, Route 495, which is expected to increase employee access to the area. [More]
Louisiana DOT Sets Up Regional Transit Service; Actions Help Restore Service in Flooded Areas
Following the historic and deadly flooding across south Louisiana, the state Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) established regional transit connections for communities in greater Baton Rouge to help restore public transit and provide vital service for the area’s workers, many of whom lost vehicles. [More]
Uber to Launch Self-Driving Car Service
In one of the first commercial applications of driverless cars, Uber recently announced its plans to introduce a self-driving car-sharing service in Pittsburgh later this month, under the supervision of two human drivers—one of whom will sit in the driver’s seat. [More]
DTC Opens Propane Fueling Station
Delaware DOT Secretary Jennifer Cohan joined other officials at recent ribbon-cutting ceremonies for the Delaware Transit Corporation’s (DTC) new propane fuel station in New Castle, DE. [More]
Safety in the Spotlight
Looking for the latest safety news from FTA about the status of rulemakings, updates on activity from senior officials, training opportunities and ways to advise the agency? [More]
Metrolinx Orders 125 Bombardier Railcars
Metrolinx in Toronto has agreed to purchase an additional 125 bi-level railcars from Bombardier Transportation, for service with GO Transit, valued at $328 million ($428 million Cdn.), with construction due to begin in 2018 at the company’s Thunder Bay, ON, plant. [More]
FRA Calls for More Safety Efforts at Rail Crossings
Citing three grade crossing incidents in recent weeks that caused the deaths of parents and young children, FRA Administrator Sarah E. Feinberg has called for greater action to prevent fatalities at the nation’s more than 200,000 railroad crossings. [More]
MST Names Building for Lichtanski
Members of the Monterey-Salinas (CA) Transit (MST) Board of Directors including Chair Libby Downey, center holding scissors, and General Manager/Chief Executive Officer Carl Sedoryk, sixth from right, recently commemorated the official opening of the new Frank J. Lichtanski Administration Building. [More]
Harting North America Expands into Mexico
Harting North America, Elgin, IL, recently opened two facilities in Mexico: a manufacturing site in Silao, in the Guanajuato region, and a sales office in Mexico City. [More]
TARC Welcomes New Electric Buses
The Transit Authority of River City (TARC), Louisville, KY, has begun introducing six new all-electric, zero-emission buses from Proterra to service, bringing the agency’s total number of the buses to 15. [More]
St. Louis Metro: Buses and Brushes
St. Louis Metro recently hosted a bus painting event sponsored by the Saint Louis Art Museum as part of its “Family Sunday: Art on the Go” program. [More]
Industry Briefs
Here are a few brief news items from APTA member agencies and companies. [More]
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PEOPLE ON THE MOVE |
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Who's Doing What in the Industry
Passenger Transport announces the following hirings and promotions in public transportation agencies and business members. Items appear in People on the Move as space permits. [More]
New APTA Members
Click here to see a list of new member organizations that joined APTA in May and June. [More]
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