On the art of transit: On exciting things to come: Photos from early Friday morning showing the arrival of one of Metro’s new Kinkisharyo P-3100 rail cars. Once testing is [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! Global shift to mass transit could save more than $100 trillion and 1,700 megatons of CO2 (UC Davis) Interesting new study from UC Davis that [continue reading]
This weekly post features news from other transit agencies and planners from around the world. Did we miss a good story? Let us know in the comments. Bus rapid transit systems getting an international rating standard The Institute for Transportation & Development Policy — an organization that “works with cities [continue reading]
This weekly post features news from other transit agencies and planners from around the world. Did we miss a good story? Let us know in the comments. Opening soon(ish) Utah Transit Authority to open new commuter-rail line in December A 45-mile extension of the Salt Lake-area’s FrontRunner commuter rail line [continue reading]
Boston Green Line extension moving ahead, though MBTA deficit looms Despite an impending $160 million hole in this year’s budget, the Boston-area transit agency MBTA is moving forward with a $1 billlion project to improve and extend its iconic Green Line. That project won’t add to the agency’s debt, an [continue reading]
Good question! This weekly post features news from other transit agencies and planners from around the world. Did we miss a good story? Let us know in the comments. Boston bikeshare to branch out next spring Boston’s four-month-old public bike sharing system has blown past expectations, clocking 140,000 trips since [continue reading]
This weekly post features news from other transit agencies and planners from around the world. Did we miss a good story? Let us know in the comments. UTA to debut local public art in Utah County The regional transit authority for Salt Lake has not one, but three blogs: Trains [continue reading]
This is the second story in our series examining how L.A. County’s 30/10 financing model could help other cities around the country. On the eve of the 21st Century, the citizens of Salt Lake City cut the ribbon on their first light rail project, a 15-mile line connecting downtown to [continue reading]
