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Chicago: CTA says bus schedules to return to prepandemic levels, one month after train service returns 0 marmar Monday Monday 2 158
Some Amtrak, NJ Transit service on Northeast Corridor restored (second update) 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 0 183
Amtrak Is Currently Going Above And Beyond In Its Construction To Improve The Northeast Corridor Route 2 marmar Sunday Sunday 4 412
Amtrak Board Nominations: Schumer Wins Race Against Time; All Confirmed (Updated Dec. 21) 0 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 5 256
Slide temporarily stops Amtrak Cascades service between Vancouver and Seattle 0 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 4 194
Trump's infrastructure "fantasy": Ditch mass transit for self-driving cars, private highways 1 marmar Thursday Thursday 4 362
Amtrak's sleek new high-speed electric trains are coming next spring 1 marmar Dec 11 Dec 11 10 452
Amtrak ridership hits a record high, trims losses 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 4 Dec 4 3 254
Los Angeles: Metro ridership increases for the 23rd consecutive month in October 0 marmar Dec 3 Dec 3 1 226
Metro adopts bus route redesigns for Northern Virginia areas 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 1 Dec 1 2 268
Removing Toronto bike lanes will make traffic worse, official document shows 1 Eugene Nov 25 Nov 25 2 271
Heirarchy of transportation hazard controls 0 CoopersDad Nov 22 Nov 22 2 241
Starting on this day, November 15, 1968, you could take rapid transit from downtown Cleveland to the airport. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 15 Nov 15 3 280
Under Trump, Prepare for New US Transportation Priorities 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 14 Nov 14 6 628
Chicago: CTA announces changes for Clark/Lake elevated station in the Loop 0 marmar Nov 14 Nov 14 2 335
The Future of American Transit+Updates 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 11 Nov 11 1 334
On October 29, 1983, the GG1 locomotive ran for the last time. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 5 Nov 7 6 550
General Election 2024 results: Transit ballot measures fare well at the polls 1 marmar Nov 7 Nov 7 4 149
Amtrak: Winter Park Express to launch earlier this season 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 6 Nov 6 2 124
Final rule aimed at keeping rail transit workers safe near tracks 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 5 Nov 5 2 256
US High-Speed Rail Map Shows How New Plans Might Work 4 marmar Nov 1 Nov 1 4 213
San Francisco wants to build its biggest subway project ever. Here's what we know. 0 marmar Oct 22 Oct 22 3 484
Colorado: Night thefts of copper wire worth $110,000 disrupted RTD trains 21 times since April 12 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 17 Oct 17 8 454
SF: BART is dying. But will the Bay Area pay higher taxes to save it? 0 marmar Oct 17 Oct 17 4 482
MDOT, Maryland Economic Development Corporation work to develop TOD areas along MARC Penn Line through new strategy 0 marmar Oct 15 Oct 15 2 395
Loudoun Co., Virginia, to vote on starting commuter bus service from exurbs, aims to get 98,000 cars daily off roads 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 14 Oct 14 3 336
Train operator killed, 23 others injured after NJ Transit light rail train strikes fallen tree in Mansfield Township 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 14 Oct 14 11 601
Why Cheap Bus Travel Is Disappearing In America 3 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 13 Oct 14 11 963
Trump pitches tax write-off for auto loans in Detroit speech 4 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 13 Oct 13 2 539
Modified Amtrak service due to Hurricane Milton 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 6 Oct 10 3 461

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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The War on Public Transport 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2 Oct 2 3 418
Amtrak's New Cleveland-to-Orlando Train Overshadows Car Shortages 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2 Oct 2 3 521
Major delays reported on Metra train lines across Chicagoland area amid signal issues 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 30 Sep 30 2 342
Amtrak gives up on combined 91 and 97 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 28 Sep 28 2 499
Modified Amtrak service due to Hurricane Helene 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 26 Sep 26 5 333
Northbound Coast Starlight hits "unauthorized trespasser" between Salinas and San Jose 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 524
September 23, 2024 Amtrak Launching the Floridian, with Daily Service Between Chicago and Miami 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 445
The Hustlers Who Make $6,000 a Month by Gaming Citi Bikes 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 619
Caltrain Commences Fully Electrified Service 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 369
Equipment delays and derailed freight train cause CZ to be 17 hours late 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 565
Southern California: Metrolink will add midday trains for nontraditional workers, tourists 0 marmar Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 319
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 237
Boston: 'Get it fixed': Red Line riders begin 3.5-week shutdown 1 marmar Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 405
Modified Amtrak Service Due to Hurricane Francine 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 372
Atlanta: Spotted in the wild: MARTA's sleek, more functional new railcars! 2 marmar Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 565
Seattle: Sound Transit's Lynnwood Link extension begins service 0 marmar Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 351
Virginia reaches new deal with Norfolk Southern to extend passenger rail to the New River Valley 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 408
Megabus ends one DC route, turns another over to a new operator 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 374
DC/MD/VA: Billion-dollar deficits, drastic cuts: Metro faces fiscal catastrophe 2 marmar Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 472
A self-powered, zero-emission passenger train, ZEMU, comes to San Bernardino County 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 542
Active Grand Rapids Community College students, employees can ride The Rapid for free this school year 0 FireUpChips10 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 343
N.J. Transit Says Thank You, and Sorry, With a Week of Free Rides 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 359
Caltrain rolls out new electric fleet in San Francisco 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 490
NYC's Penn Station can't use sought-after European travel model, experts say 1 marmar Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 599
MARC and VRE unveil ticket-sharing agreement for easier transfers 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 327
Washington D.C.: Circulator bus system will begin phasing out Oct. 1 and end this year 1 marmar Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 402
Amtrak asks for $299M to fix Northeast Corridor problems that constantly delay commuters 0 Wicked Blue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 405
Justice Department sues Norfolk Southern over Amtrak delays 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 327
Amtrak abruptly cancels Chicago-Quincy round trip for a week 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 445
Amtrak begins management of Washington Union Station 1 marmar Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 470

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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Vancouver: TransLink to cut transit services in half by 2025 without new funding model 3 marmar Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 500
DC/MD/VA: Ten years in, Metro's Silver Line Phase 1 stations are picking up riders again 0 marmar Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 460
You can now use your iPhone and Apple Watch to pay for SEPTA even faster 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 418
Virginia faces Amtrak funding cuts despite record ridership 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 352
San Francisco's Train System Still Uses Floppy Disks--and Will for Years 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 507
Global tech outage impacting North American transit information and ticketing systems 0 marmar Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 376
Introducing Amtrak Borealis trains with Expanded Service between St. Paul and Chicago via Milwaukee 2 brooklynite May 2024 Jul 2024 4 894
Amtrak service restored between Washington Union Station and Baltimore Penn Station 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 366
What Project 2025 Means for Our Cities 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 485
DC/MD/VA: End of the X2: All of the Metro bus routes are being rebranded 0 marmar Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 436
Derailment between Chicago and Naperville causes delays to Amtrak trains to West Coast 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 440
Gateway Program gets $6.8 billion to dig new Hudson River tunnels 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 554
North Carolina Gov. Cooper, USDOT break ground on S-Line Project 1 marmar Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 483
Feds finalize new plan for Amtrak's future long-distance trains through Utah and South Dakota 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jul 2024 9 692
Iconic green and cream SEPTA trolleys dating back to the 1940s making their return 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 543
US FAA probes low-flying Southwest Airlines flight near Oklahoma City 3 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 654
Metro slowing above-ground train speeds due to heat wave 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 8 493
Dallas-Fort Worth high speed train plan in peril after city council vote 1 marmar Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 600
A 2,000-Mile Bangkok to Beijing Train Trip Gets Closer With Trial Run 0 marmar Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 441
Virginia and Charlotte, N.C., notify regulators of intent to acquire Norfolk Southern routes 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 8 530
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