Berkeley study aims to understand and quantify transit needs in a pandemic. Everyone is dependent on transit during this pandemic, whether they realize it or not, explained the authors of a new study on essential workers and their transit needs. That’s because even people who are able to work from home depend on essential workers for medical care, food, power, emergency services, water, etc. Without transit, the essential workers who support those services would not be able t

Transit Planning Consultant Nelson/Nygaard Will Assist with Plans & Implementation The SEPTA Board today approved the selection of transit planning consulting firm Nelson/Nygaard to support the Authority's Comprehensive Bus Network Redesign initiative (CBNR). This represents a major step forward for this transformative effort. It will take approximately three years to complete the necessary planning and implementation of CBNR. SEPTA will work with key stakeholders, such as th

Article by Mass Transit The funding will be distributed among nine projects in seven states. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has awarded $6.2 million in funding through the Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Planning. The funds will go to nine projects in seven states and will help communities examine ways to improve economic development and multimodal connectivity and encourages mixed-use development near transit stations. "This $6.2 million in fed

SEPTA has launched a partnership with Drexel University aimed at improving efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 on public transportation. Together, the institutions will pursue more than $600,000 in federal funding to develop and test new air and surface cleaning technology, SEPTA announced Tuesday. “This partnership will help keep SEPTA on the cutting-edge of efforts by public transportation systems to battle COVID-19,” said SEPTA General Manager Leslie S. Richards. “SEPTA

Joe Biden will nominate Pete Buttigieg to be his transportation secretary, the president-elect said in a statement on Tuesday, elevating the former South Bend, Indiana, mayor and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate to a top post in the federal government. Buttigieg would be the first Senate-confirmed LGBTQ Cabinet secretary should his nomination make it through the chamber. "Mayor Pete Buttigieg is a patriot and a problem-solver who speaks to the best of who we are as a na

Keolis is introducing its largest ever single fleet of electric vehicles operating across a single network in the world and is committed to helping the two local public transport authorities navigate the energy transition. A fleet of 246 all-electric zero-emission buses, which have begun operating in the provinces of Gelderland and Overijssel (eastern Netherlands), are forecast to cut around 16,000 tonnes of CO2 from the country’s environmental footprint per year. With this n

GVF is joining fellow APTA members and industry partners on Tuesday, December 15 to collectively fight to #SavePublicTransit with a day of mobilization and engagement. Organized by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), #SavePublicTransit Day will shine the light on the dire financial crisis facing the public transportation industry and urge elected officials to take immediate action. It is critical that Congress move forward and provide emergency funding for

Join The 82 Alliance, a not-for-profit mobility think tank, along with partner host DS&MG, founders of Arlington Transportation Partners and the Mobility Lab located in Arlington, Virginia, for a virtual panel session with thought-leaders discussing how cities and towns plan beyond this pandemic and mobility trends in 2021 and beyond. As we continue to navigate through this pandemic, mobility is certainly one of many areas that have changed dramatically. How do cities and to