U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced the release of the "Ladders of Opportunity Transportation Empowerment Pilot LadderSTEP 2015-2016 Report" highlighting the progress of seven cities to achieve upward mobility through transportation decisions in their communities.
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) late last week unveiled its long-awaited plan for rail improvements and upgrades along the Northeast Corridor (NEC), calling for billions of dollars in investments over the next 30 years that would improve and increase rail service between Boston and Washington, D.C.
Lithuania's Dancer Bus and Poland's glow-in-the-dark cycle lane have been named among the top ten public transport projects of 2016 by architecture and design magazine Designboom. The brainchild of Klaipėda-based tech company Vėjo Projektai, Dancer Bus aims to create a lighter electric city bus using composite materials, bringing new technology and clean wind power into the sphere of public transportation. Through bringing together technology, art and industry, the project's organisers hope that Dancer Bus will both improve the urban environment and help transport to be a key element of Lithuanian cities.
Emergency transportation has quickly materialized as one of the key ways to keep Winnipeg's most vulnerable residents safe from the deadly clutches of winter. On Dec. 11, a 53-year-old woman died after spending the night outside in downtown Winnipeg, causing shelters and other community groups to take notice. In response, the Main Street Project's long-defunct patrol van was resurrected after losing its funding six years ago, and began shuttling people left in the cold to shelters. The van will be used sporadically on the coldest of nights, and function primarily in the North End and downtown Winnipeg.
It's supposed to be a more affordable and flexible way to move people around. But in one of the world's largest and most congested cities, BRT just made everything worse.
The two transit agencies overseeing the Purple Line project on Friday dismissed concerns that Metro's safety issues and decline in ridership would have a significant negative impact on the ridership of the Purple Line in their latest responses in the ongoing federal lawsuit that has stalled construction on the light-rail project.
Riders who don't want to pay cash to ride public transportation now have a new way to pay. King County Metro Transit is launching the Puget Sound region's first-ever mobile ticket app, Transit GO Ticket, allowing riders to buy and redeem transit tickets on their mobile devices. Under a six to 12 month pilot project, tickets can be purchased for use on King County Metro buses, King County Water Taxi, Seattle Streetcar and Sound Transit's Link light rail and Sounder trains.
Nearly 70 percent of respondents in a post-election poll showed support for investments to repair and improve public transit infrastructure, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) announced late last week. What's more, 65 percent of those who voted for President-elect Donald Trump also supported greater investment in public transit, APTA officials said in a press release.
WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration proposed Friday to require security training for railroad and bus workers, to protect against terrorism like the commuter-train bombings in Spain that killed nearly 200 people in 2004. The 66-page proposal published in the Federal Register offers a variety of options and could cost up to $222 million over 10 years. The costs would break even when compared to the losses from one freight-rail attack about every 100 years, but the TSA warned the impact on a local community affected by such an event could be far greater.
The notorious Second Avenue subway, nearly a century in the making, is inches from the finish line, and Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, has made it his mission to complete the project by New Year's Eve. On regular visits to the line's three new stations, he obsesses over design details and equipment glitches at a surprising level of involvement for a governor, which some critics say seems primarily aimed at promoting his image.
If things go right, Amtrak could return to the Coast as early as 18 months from now, an official said. Southern Railway Commission officials announced at a meeting Monday it had received more than $1.15 million in federal funding for improvements and upgrades to Coast passenger platforms and depots along the railway line.
TEX Rail is moving forward with plans to launch its commuter train service from downtown Fort Worth to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport by late 2018 after gaining a commitment for a half-billion dollars in federal money.
