2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (568+ words) The Northern Illinois Transit Authority’s board meets for the first time Thursday, officially launching the agency tasked with transforming Chicago-area public transit. NITA replaces the Regional Transportation Authority, which had governed CTA, Metra and Pace since 1974. The reshaping of public…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (49+ words) Audacy Today the Amtrak Mardi Gras turns one year old, and its success has been like, well, a runaway train. To paraphrase a slogan from a well-known bus company, the success mostly comes from leaving the driving to someone else....

1+ mon, 15+ hour ago   (257+ words) Route 45 bus service begins on Aug. 23. PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — SEPTA is bringing back daily bus service between Center City and the Navy Yard for the first time in more than a decade. SEPTA ceremonially welcomed the first Route 45 bus into…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (228+ words) Ask your smart speaker to play Star ninety four on Audacy 3 Things To Know Metro Atlanta communities are seeing changes aimed at making daily life safer, more efficient and more connected, from upgraded school bus technology to a unique crime…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (604+ words) An MTA bus in the Midtown neighborhood of New York. NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) -- Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to make the city’s buses free. To many riders, they already are — a trend transit officials are finding hard to reverse. Nearly half…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (269+ words) Travelers board a Long Island Rail Road train at Penn Station in New York. NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) -- Monthly ridership on the Long Island Rail Road — the nation’s busiest commuter rail line — surpassed pre-pandemic levels for the first time, as a…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (628+ words) New York City buses provide about 2.75 million daily trips along 1,600 miles of city streets. NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) -- New York State and City officials are working to increase the speed of public buses, with a goal of cutting riders’ travel times…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (163+ words) PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — SEPTA said tweaks to its summer Regional Rail schedules should provide more reliable service. After last year's Regional Rail car shortages due to fire inspections, SEPTA said 98% of its fleet is now running. So the new Regional…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (233+ words) PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — SEPTA's Transit Police have been without a contract since the end of March. Now, the union representing them wants SEPTA to enter voluntary binding arbitration. In exchange, the police will waive their right to strike. SEPTA spokesman…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (189+ words) Cheektowaga, N.Y. (WBEN) - Western New York Congressman Tim Kennedy (D, NY-26) was in the region Monday to announce federal funding to help upgrade the way people take in the experience at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport. A total of $1.8 million in…...