Categories: Bus, Management, Paratransit, Technology

The new facility will accommodate up to 45 buses and provide cost savings for the agency, with less buses having to travel to an alternate facility.

https://www.metro-magazine.com/10032818/dcta-receives-2-6m-to-construct-bus-maintenance-facility

Categories: Bus, Security and Safety, Technology

The agency will install the safety technology on its fleet of nearly seventy fixed-route vehicles.

https://www.metro-magazine.com/10032885/citybus-to-use-grant-funding-for-pedestrian-detection-systems

Categories: Management, Rail, Security and Safety, Technology

Half of the Durham-Orange light rail’s cost — totaling over a billion dollars — is expected to come from the federal government.

https://www.metro-magazine.com/10032946/despite-federal-uncertainty-n-c-light-rail-project-optimistic-about-funding

Categories: Management, Paratransit, Rail, Technology

Only 3.6% of the TIGER grants that were recently announced went to public transit projects, representing a significant decrease in public transit TIGER grants.

https://www.metro-magazine.com/10032971/apta-urges-increase-in-public-transit-tiger-grants

Categories: Bus, Management, Motorcoach, Paratransit, Rail, Security and Safety, Technology

Allocates $100 billion for a grant competition with preference given to applicants that raise revenue such as taxes, fees or tolls, and would limit federal...

https://www.metro-magazine.com/10033088/president-releases-1-5-trillion-infrastructure-plan

Categories: Management, Paratransit, Rail, Technology

Major corridor programs — such as California High-Speed Rail and the Northeast Corridor — are actively advancing visionary futures for public...

https://www.metro-magazine.com/10007353/high-speed-rail-at-a-crossroads

Categories: Bus, Management, Technology, Zero Emissions

The company is partnering with ElDorado National and BAE Systems to deliver five buses to the Palm Desert, Calif.-based agency. 

https://www.metro-magazine.com/10033860/ballard-to-supply-fuel-cell-engines-to-sunline-transit-fleet

Categories: Bus, Management, Paratransit, Rail, Technology

Industry’s ability to share the facts with congressional leaders to help them understand how much impact public transportation investment can have...

https://www.metro-magazine.com/10034129/apta-bus-paratransit-show-opener-touts-successes-urges-fed-outreach

Categories: Management, Rail, Security and Safety, Technology

The funding is the first installment of a potential $1.174 billion FFGA for the project, which in 2023 will extend light rail service from Northgate to...

https://www.metro-magazine.com/10034131/sound-transits-lynnwood-link-light-rail-extension-gets-100m-fed-funding

Categories: Management, Rail, Security and Safety, Technology, Zero Emissions

The project is ready to start construction, and the final step is approval of the federal grant.

https://www.metro-magazine.com/10034149/caltrain-electrification-funding-included-in-2017-federal-budget