Tag: public transportation

September 30, 2022

According to a new report from the American Public Transportation Association, public transportation ridership rose to more than 70 percent of pre-pandemic levels in September. After falling significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, ridership has begun a climb back to pre-pandemic […]

September 26, 2022

The Idaho Transportation Board approved the recommended fiscal years 2023-2029 Idaho Transportation Investment Program at its September meeting. The seven-year investment plan is updated and approved annually. It includes summarized preliminary engineering, right-of-way acquisition, and construction costs for each project […]

May 24, 2022

Traffic at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s bridges and tunnels has returned to pre-pandemic levels, partly due to changes in traveling habits, said Rick Cotton, the agency’s executive director. “At the bridges and tunnels, the volumes […]

February 2, 2021

The year 2020 delivered a “gut-punch” to the public transportation industry. After riding high in 2019, seeing ridership gains for the first time in nearly a decade, transit agencies were caught flat-footed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the attendant government […]

November 23, 2020

The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) maintains recent study findings determined 77 percent of voters want to see emergency funding for public transportation. The APTA said the FirstView Presidential Election Post-Election survey directed by Heart+Mind Strategies indicated a supermajority of […]

November 19, 2020

Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) officials said the agency is seeking public review and comment regarding the agency’s 2021-2024 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). The STIP incorporates more than 1,100 statewide transportation projects using $3.7 billion in federal funds. […]

May 29, 2020

With its ride-hailing business at rock bottom as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Uber is introducing a new feature aimed at riders who need to take longer rides with multiple destinations. Using the new “Hourly” function, riders can set […]

April 14, 2020

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) issued a Safety Advisory with recommended actions to reduce the risk of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) among transit employees and passengers. Transit agencies should follow the current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and […]

March 10, 2020

If you care about embodied carbon, money or time you don’t dig. But then this is Toronto. In the former Toronto suburb of Etobicoke, Eglinton Avenue West is a fast-moving arterial road that would be perfect for surface transit. But […]

November 13, 2019

Public transportation investments in large metropolitan areas reap a better return, with more passengers adopting public transport, than those in smaller cities, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Sydney. The research analyzed data collected from […]

September 11, 2019

It’s time for some fareness. In New York City, the fine for fare jumping (or as our editor found out, not having the right transfer even though she had a Metrocard) is $100. If you are a driver and don’t […]

June 17, 2019

The Los Angeles Country Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) has spent a great deal of time and money establishing a world-class transportation system that features 165 bus routes covering nearly 1,500 square miles and 93 Metro stations serving almost 100 […]

April 22, 2019

THE GRAY BUSES that roll along Los Angeles’ Orange Line don’t look like other buses: They’re 60 feet long, and their streamlined design means they don’t just stop. With some pomp, they arrive. They dock. And today, on a drizzly […]

February 26, 2019

And it’s dredging up past resentment. Remember when North Carolina state legislators defunded light rail, and a city stepped up to fill the gap? It turns out that nothing is ever easy. While the project has been progressing and plans […]

February 4, 2019

Running to catch that bus is good exercise We have noted for years that cars make you fat, but a new study shows that transit makes you skinny. Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Georgia Tech did […]

January 23, 2019

THE ENVIRONMENTAL CASE for taking public transportation is pretty solid, especially in big cities where options are abundant and traffic unbearable. More than three-quarters of Americans drive by themselves to work every day by themselves, but taking a bus or […]

December 24, 2018

This is where electric cars really come into their own. There’s a strong case to be made that private car ownership is an inefficient use of resources, even if those cars are electric. But it’s hard to imagine a world […]

December 6, 2018

In an effort to reduce traffic congestion and the environmental impact of cars, Luxembourg has announced its plan to become the first country in the world to make all its public transportation free. The European country’s recently re-elected coalition government […]

October 23, 2018

Forty thousand Americans were killed by cars last year. the IPCC says we have twelve years to limit climate change catastrophe. People in cities are dying from particulate pollution and our streets are congested with cars. Meanwhile, a class action […]

September 21, 2018

Of the many acronyms engineers spend their lives internalizing, few are more valuable than KISS: Keep It Simple, Stupid. Constrain the problem, reduce the variables, and make life as easy as possible when designing novel systems — like, say, a […]