An established German mobility company, FlixBus, plans to expand its low-cost service and test all-electric bus routes, aiming to become a pioneer in a more sustainable form of intercity transit. The company, which already has established routes in major European cities, will begin testing all-electric Flix-E-Bus service on the roughly 90-mile route between Paris and Amiens, France, in April, and then trial a similar service between Hessen and Baden-Württemberg, Germany, late

Bus transit is often treated as an afterthought in American cities. Building out the infrastructure needed to make it reliable—like dedicated bus lanes or better boarding platforms—can require costly and disruptive roadwork. That can make local governments hesitant to take on such projects, even though evidence shows that improving bus networks is key to increasing ridership. (Just look at Seattle.) But it doesn’t have to be that way. Some cities are now showing the rest of t

Atlanta BRT Gets Key Funding Piece The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) has received a $12.6 million grant from the Federal government to get the ball rolling on a new bus rapid transit line that will improve transit service to an underserved part of the South’s largest metropolis. The 9.4-mile Summerhill BRT line would connect the southeast Atlanta neighborhood just east of the former Turner Field with MARTA’s

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (CBS) — How to improve transportation and how to pay for it was the focus at a legislative breakfast Monday morning in Montgomery County. State Rep. Madeleine Dean says Pennsylvania lawmakers, five years ago, were able to work together to come up with sustainable funding for transportation, unlike what she calls a missed opportunity at the federal level. Click here to hear the full recording: http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2018/03/12/legislators-discuss

In advance of APTA’s 2018 Legislative Conference, March 18-20, Passenger Transport asked Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to share his thoughts on the likelihood of an infrastructure bill to fund public transportation programs. Q: Chairman Shuster, we know you are an advocate for restoring the solvency of the Highway Trust Fund and that you would like to see an infrastructure bill passed soon—one that provides mul

The Tokyo metropolitan area currently sees “about 13 million people commute daily,” Tokyo Olympics spokesperson Masa Takaya wrote in response to an emailed question concerning how people will get around the city during the 2020 Summer Games. With 8 million visitors expected for the event, decreasing vehicle traffic by 15 percent over the next 30 months is seen as essential for preventing the Olympics from overwhelming the activities of daily life. Faced with a problem akin to

After decades of lackluster investment, misinvestment and disinvestment, how does America reinvigorate its infrastructure spending to get the most impact from every dollar? The Trump administration's own infrastructure plan might hold a key. As the White House put it in a fact sheet previewing the proposal, the administration wants to "encourage the development of new, transformative infrastructure projects." Key words: "new," "transformative." The president's plan has come i

All across the world, when governments fail to provide public goods, the private sector tries to take on the mantle and make it profitable. Microtransit is one of the latest innovations to try this. With the goal of solving public transportation’s deficiencies, users crowdsource minibus and van rides by requesting rides on their phone, much like uberPool or Lyft Line. The app then uses its algorithm to find the best route to serve the most amount of people. Although the techn