Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is meeting with Chinese government officials who could possibly fund his ambitious transit plan to construct a dozen mass transit projects in the next decade.
American Public Transportation Association President and CEO Michael Melaniphy says it is crucial that the U.S. invest in its overall transportation infrastructure.
Chicago’s Metropolitan Planning Council has released its 2012 policy agenda concerning bus rapid transit and green infrastructure incentives.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, announced its Engineering Systems Division Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL) will lead the U.S. Department of Transportation Research & Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) University Transportation Center for the New England Region.
Members of Transport Workers Union Local 252 in Nassau County, Long Island overwhelmingly ratified a five-year contract with Veolia Transportation for the nation’s largest contracted transit system.
According to the American Public Transportation Association’s January Transit Savings Report, people who utilize public transportation instead of driving can save, on average, $816 a month.
Every second year for one week in October, the small city of Kortrijk in the west of Belgium becomes the global hub of the bus and coach industry.
Statistics from the insurance sector show stricter requirements to install fire extinguishing systems in engine compartments can significantly reduce the number of total loss cases of fires in 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.