Milwaukee officers continuing to board county buses
A rash of fights and violent incidents on Milwaukee County transit buses has prompted the Milwaukee County police chief to continue having officers board county buses.
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Transit center planned for Harrisonburg, VA
This summer construction begins on a $14 million transit center for the Harrisonburg.
Spit justice: MBTA now swabbing for DNA samples
Transit police for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will now begin swabbing and testing suspects who spit in the face of transit bus drivers and other MBTA employees.
APTA urges Congress to pass transportation bill extension
The American Public Transportation Association is backing President Obama in his call on Congress to pass an extension to the transportation bill to continue funding for highway and mass-transit projects.
Report: 700,000 homes lack access to transit systems
A new report finds that 700,000 American households have no car or cannot reach their local transit system.
Study: Public transit forced to raise fares
A new report by the American Public Transportation Association finds that nearly 80 percent of public transit systems have already implemented fare increases or service cuts in 2010 or are considering them for the future because of flat or decreased local and/or regional funding.
Naming rights await MBTA properties
Boston-based Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is welcoming RFPs to sell naming rights for its bus, commuter rail and subway lines and stations to its Web site and Charlie Card.
Millar: Transit terror threat remains
American Public Transportation Association President William Millar is calling on Congress to increase transit security funding.
Colossal storm wreaking havoc for transit users
From Dallas to Boston, transit passengers have been paralyzed by what’s being called a colossal winter storm.
The more something changes, the better it gets
Sometimes it is okay if important changes are not so noticeable. At least this is the case for alterations made to the 2010 Orion VII transit bus by Daimler Buses North America (DBNA), Greensboro, NC. The next iteration made its debut in Cleveland, OH, in May during the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Bus & Paratransit Conference.