MTA Chairman/CEO Tom Prendergast announced he will retire from public service in early 2017. Prendergast's career with the MTA has spanned more than 25 years. He previously served as president of NYC Transit, president of the Long Island Railroad, and as MTA Chairman and CEO since June of 2013.
The San Antonio area adds 146 new residents every day, and they're bringing their cars. A 50 minute drive today is expected to take 91 minutes in 2040. By then, 39 percent of our roadways will be severely congested all day long.
For the first time, some Nashville buses are about to get an advantage on the roads, instead of being thrown in the mix with general traffic. Changes are coming to lanes and stoplights along Murfreesboro Road in Southeast Nashville, home to the second-highest bus ridership in the city. And officials say this project is unique in that it gives priority to public transit - a sign of things to come in other ambitious plans for the future.
The annual savings is $9,712 for a person who switches his or her daily commute by car to taking public transportation, according to the American Public Transportation Association's (APTA) December Transit Savings Report. Individuals who ride public transportation instead of driving can save, on average, more than $809 per month.
China will expand its bullet train network to 30,000 KMs covering 80 per cent of its big cities as part of the country's efforts to establish a comprehensive transport system by 2020, according to a new official white paper issued Thursday.
More than 20 public transportation members of Baltimore's transit workers union and advocates petitioned the Maryland Transit Administration Tuesday to consider alternatives to Gov. Larry Hogan's "BaltimoreLink" bus overhaul plan.
Portland, Ore.'s TriMet hired Patrick Preusser to lead its Transportation Division. As executive director, transportation, Preusser will lead the operational activities for bus, MAX Light Rail, WES Commuter Rail, and LIFT paratransit service. The division includes about 1,750 employees who deliver more than 101 million rides a year.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - December 22, 2016
A plan to expand transit access in Fulton County is taking its first, early steps. County and city leaders still aren't at the point of talking about what, exactly, they might want from MARTA. But they're trying to agree that they do want something. And they're hoping to develop a plan for transit in Fulton.
"We have spoken with members of [Trump's] transition team... Those conversations were really talking about the importance of Amtrak in general, but then the importance of investing in an infrastructure that's absolutely critical to the economy of the northeast, and in many cases is 80 to 110 years old."
The Arizona Department of Transportation recently issued a statement encouraging companies with self-driving vehicles to consider Arizona as their testing grounds. In 2015, Gov. Doug Ducey signed an executive order that supports testing and operating autonomous vehicles in Arizona. Part of this included creating the Self-Driving Vehicle Oversight Committee, which will work with companies developing self-driving vehicle technology to create a supportive environment while also promoting public safety.
Los Angeles County approved a whopping $120 billion package for transit, bicycling and pedestrian infrastructure and roads. The Seattle area, Columbus, Ohio, and Atlanta approved, respectively, $54 billion, $6.5 billion and $2.5 billion funding measures. Though those projects are at least five years from opening, the election shows that city-dwellers have a big appetite for better, faster, more comprehensive transit.
Hundreds came out New Year's Day to ride the train in New York City, cheering as it left the station. That may sound odd, but this wasn't just any subway or any old station, it was the stuff of urban legend: the Second Avenue subway line. To understand the crowd, you have to go back to the 1920s when the idea for the subway line was first floated, but never left the station because the Depression hit.
