MTA registers close to 2.5 million riders in post-pandemic record
The MTA has registered several records in recent weeks as New York begins to open up and New Yorkers begin to return to the city’s subway system.
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The MTA has registered several records in recent weeks as New York begins to open up and New Yorkers begin to return to the city’s subway system.
Ahead of Intelligent Transport’s Maas North America online conference, Junior Editor Joshua Minchin speaks to three of the participants to get a sneak preview of what they are hoping to discuss at the event at the end of this month.
The new mobile payment capacity will be accepted anywhere SmarTrip is accepted, including on all Metrorail, Metrobus, and some regional services.
Transit agencies have been crucial in providing citizens across the US with transit to and from their vaccine appointments, often free of charge.
Virgin Hyperloop CEO Josh Giegel explains why hyperloop technology can change the way we travel forever, and reveals an increased receptiveness to the new mode of transport at a hearing he testified at last month.
The CTA’s modernisation project will see significant work completed on the city’s famous “L” rapid transit network, including brand new stations with wider platforms and elevators.
The 57th Street station is now fully accessible, and becomes the 12th accessibility project completed by New York’s MTA in the past year and a half.
The President’s Budget includes plenty of interest for the US transportation industry, including plans to transform what the USDOT has called the country’s “crumbling infrastructure”.
The new project would see an 18-mile BRT line run from North Hollywood and Pasadena in a bid to better connect communities in northern Los Angeles.
COTA’s three new board members come from a variety of backgrounds, and have been appointed by three different cities in which the transit authority operates.
Ridesharing giant Uber has partnered up with New York’s Fire Island Ferries to enable passengers to buy ferry tickets within the Uber app.
The island of Martha’s Vineyard is launching its very own electricity grid, which will use solar power to charge the island’s electric bus fleet.
The USDOT has reminded US travellers that it is still mandatory to wear a mask on public transportation, despite the CDC updating their mask guidance for fully vaccinated people last week.
Riders in the Ohioan city of Columbus will now be able to see COTA transit options within the Lyft app, in a move with both organisations hope will improve connectivity in the city.
The Californian transit operator says it is the first in the state to offer this kind of payment technology to passengers, which it says will make travelling both more convenient and safer.