This Week in Passenger Transport

Excerpts from APTA's Weekly Newspaper

Below you will find brief excerpts from the lead stories in the most recent issues of Passenger Transport. Every week, Passenger Transport brings its readers the most important information about what’s happening in the public transportation industry. To start receiving all the news, click here.

Passenger Transport also offers an online Article Archive containing the full text of all articles, dating back to January 2004. The archive adds new stories six to eight weeks after they appear in the print edition. To search the archive by date or keyword, visit, visit archive search.

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April 7

• Transit Agencies Face Challenges of Rising Fuel Prices
• Ontario to Invest $497 Million in Transportation
• Webinar Examines Changes to Charter Bus Regulations
• Five Minnesota Counties Support New Sales Tax for Transit
• U.S. PIRG Report Calls for National Transit Commitment

Issues from last month

March 31

• Proposed Rail Acquisition by CN Endangers Planned Metra Services
• Los Alamos, NM, Welcomes ‘Atomic City Transit’
• State Deadline Nears for Federal Congestion Pricing Funds

March 24

• TSA Cites Vulnerability of Transit to Terrorist Attack
• Report: Transportation Funding Needs at ‘Crisis Stage’
• Climate Change Could Be Costly for Transportation, According to Reports from U.S. DOT, TRB
• Bill Promotes High-Speed Rail
• Seniors Ride Free in Illinois

March 17

• PT Provides Coverage of APTA’s Legislative Conference
• Cleveland Names BRT ‘HealthLine’
• FTA Honors Transit Agencies for Ridership Growth
• APTA Leaders Address Workforce Issues at ATU Conference
• Bike Advocates Celebrate Transit as Partner
• SPRINTER Carries Almost 13,000 on Opening Day
• Cannito to Retire from Metro-North in July
• Setzer to Join Veolia; Shazor Promoted at SORTA

March 10

• Study: Public Transportation Use Cuts Carbon Emissions
• VA Supreme Court: Authority Can’t Collect Taxes
• Akron, OH, Voters Approve Sales Tax Hike for Transit
• Acadinha Joins BC Transit as President, CEO

March 3

• Governors: Add Infrastructure to Stimulus Plan
• Peters Tells Governors to Oppose Federal Earmarks
• Minnesota Legislature Overrides Veto of Tax Increase for Transportation
• PATH Celebrates Its 100th Anniversary
• AATA, TWU Reach Agreement
• Transit Agencies, ATU Seek Greater Protections for Operators
• Wiley Is New General Manager/CEO in Sacramento

 

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