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Its been a tough Wednesday for Ottawas light rail system, one day after OC Transpo praised the system for its handling of a record-breaking snowstorm.

/PRNewswire/ -- Beep – a global leader in multi-passenger, electric, autonomous mobility solutions – today announced the appointment of Stephen Berry as chief...

/PRNewswire/ -- Beep – a global leader in multi-passenger, electric, autonomous mobility solutions – today announced the appointment of Stephen Berry as chief...

The union representing OC Transpo drivers is calling on the city of Ottawa to develop a better plan to keep buses moving during snowstorms, including reducing service.

Associate Director for Campus Mobility Services (Princeton, US)

Opinion: Transit Needs to Be Better, Not Cheaper With many U.S. transit agencies facing severe gaps in service and budget shortfalls, some advocates argue that improved service matters more than free fares. June 9, 2021, 5am PDT | Diana Ionescu | Despite a "growing movement" to make public transit fare-free, Henry Grabar argues in a piece for Slate that getting rid of fares would not help the poorest and most underserved transit riders. Jarrett Walker, a Portland-based transit planner and ...

LA Metro: $8B FY22 Budget Proposed Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor The Crenshaw/LAX (rendering above) and Regional Connector projects are slated to begin pre-revenue operations and testing in FY22. The Los Angeles Country Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has released an $8 billion budget proposal for FY 2022 that prioritizes service restoration to pre-pandemic levels; the Board will consider it later this month. The pro...

Senate Committee Hearing Signals Possible Shift in Federal Transit Funding Transit advocates were pleasantly surprised to hear senators address specific questions about the 80/20 split in transportation funding, transit operations, and rural transit needs. May 3, 2021, 7am PDT | Diana Ionescu | Unlike most years, when public transit gets so overlooked in the federal surface transportation reauthorization bill that many have taken to calling the package "the highway bill," the "[s]enators i...