Basic Services, Public Transport
July 9, 2020
Via: StateScoopThe Metropolitan Transit Authority on Wednesday asked startups to contribute technology solutions to fight the spread of the coronavirus on New York City’s public transit, ranging from robots that automatically clean subway car interiors to thermal monitoring systems for passengers […]
Basic Services, Public Transport
May 18, 2020
Via: StateScoopThe Texas Department of Transportation last week disclosed that it suffered a ransomware attack, though details of the incident are scant. In a notice posted to Facebook and other other social media, the agency said it detected “unauthorized access” on […]
Basic Services, Public Transport
April 10, 2020
Via: Greentech MediaAs more U.S. transit agencies take their first steps toward electrification, an ecosystem of companies is bursting to life to help them with that transition. But with such novelty, it can be hard to find field data on the difference […]
Basic Services, Public Transport
February 17, 2020
Via: NYC Streets BlogPlanners from the City of Boston and the MBTA held their first open house on Tuesday evening in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood to solicit ideas for “complete streets” and transit-priority improvements to Hyde Park Avenue, a major transit corridor […]
Basic Services, Public Transport
October 4, 2019
Via: Greentech MediaU.S. electric bus manufacturer Proterra reached its 100th customer this week, in a sign of how far the industry has come. Just a few years ago, electric buses had negligible market presence and faced an uphill battle to convince transit […]
Basic Services, Electric Utility, Public Transport, Public Utilities
August 30, 2019
Via: Utility DiveDominion’s bus replacement program looks like an easy win for school districts, but the utility says benefits will extend further by helping manage the electric grid and incorporating renewable energy. “Once phase 2 is fully implemented, the buses’ batteries could […]
Basic Services, Public Transport
July 9, 2019
Via: NYC Streets BlogPublic transit is catching on even in some of the reddest parts of America, including Oklahoma where a new state office will oversee an overhaul of bus and rail service. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation announced Monday it would form […]
Basic Services, Public Transport
April 18, 2019
Via: TNWWhen Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was released 50 years ago, flying cars were a flight of fancy. Now, these futuristic vehicles are entering the outer fringes of reality. According to a new study published in Nature, for some journeys flying […]
Basic Services, Public Transport
December 18, 2018
Via: Greentech MediaCalifornia regulators have committed the state to ending fossil fuel use for its roughly 12,000-strong transit bus fleet by 2040, another long-term commitment to reducing the state’s carbon emissions that’s already being driven by the economics of electrifying transit and […]
Basic Services, Public Transport
October 23, 2018
Via: Waste360Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) is now sourcing nearly half its fuel from renewable natural gas (RNG). The large transit operation’s aggressive move from fossil-derived natural gas to RNG comes one year after putting RNG to the […]
Basic Services, Electric Utility, Public Transport, Public Utilities
May 23, 2018
Via: Utility DiveContested regulatory proceedings are the foundation of the utility business in the U.S. Utilities, power providers and advocates all engage regulators with public comments and testimony, hoping to persuade them on a pending rate case, generation investment or grid upgrade. […]
Basic Services, Public Transport
April 17, 2018
Via: Utility DiveNew York is aiming to have 800,000 electric vehicles on its roads by 2025. But with seven years left, the state has a ways to go with this year a “crucial inflection point,” NYPA told the Public Service Commission. At […]
Basic Services, Public Transport
March 7, 2018
Via: Greentech MediaU.S. plug-in electric vehicle sales increased by 25 percent to just under 200,000 units in 2017. While promising, the rate of growth still lags what is needed to drive down greenhouse gas emissions from transportation. Last week, policy experts gathered […]
Basic Services, Public Transport
February 6, 2018
Via: American InfrastructureAn imperative for urban planning in America is to give people choices and make walking, cycling, and taking a bus or riding rail transit more attractive than sitting in traffic. If we don’t take such a holistic approach to urban […]
Basic Services, Public Transport
September 1, 2017
Via: NYC Streets BlogCouncil Member Carlos Menchaca wants more direct bus service from Red Hook to Manhattan and a “full Vision Zero redesign” of Brooklyn’s Third Avenue, which runs through Sunset Park underneath the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Menchaca outlined his transportation agenda at a […]
Basic Services, Public Transport
August 23, 2017
Via: NYC Streets BlogMerced County’s transit system is wrapping up a program aimed at getting people to ride the bus instead of driving. For the month of August, the county convinced people to “try the bus on us” by offering fare-free rides countywide. […]
Basic Services, Public Transport
August 16, 2017
Via: NYC Streets BlogThe slower New York City bus service becomes, the faster the MTA and DOT should act to improve speeds and reliability. But neither agency has responded to the decline of bus service with the urgency the situation demands, according to a […]
Basic Services, Public Transport
August 11, 2017
Via: NYC Streets BlogTotal transit trips in the Denver region are gradually on the rise. But with population increasing too, transit doesn’t capture a higher share of regional trips than it did in 2004, when voters boosted the RTD transit system with the […]
Basic Services, Public Transport
August 1, 2017
Via: NYC Streets BlogCommuter rail in the United States mostly caters to affluent suburbanites who commute to the city center. Even though these lines pass through working class city neighborhoods that stand to benefit enormously from better transit, the service they provide passes […]
Basic Services, Public Transport
July 19, 2017
Via: NYC Streets BlogThe San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) infuriated transit advocates when it announced on Saturday that it will close the entire Muni subway, from Embarcadero to West Portal, every weekend and after 9:30 p.m. during the week, for the next […]