Squeaky Wheels

  • Connecticut Post reporters forgo cars for a day This week, Connecticut Post reporters have been giving up their cars for one day and taking public transit instead. The aim is to discover firsthand how convenient, feasible or reliable the public transit system is in the Bridgeport area.
  • Des Moines' BRT plan has big-city ambitions One thing became abundantly clear in developing the Capital Crossroads vision for central Iowa’s future: Greater Des Moines is incredibly well positioned to become even greater than it already is — if we seize the right opportunities, like bus rapid transit.
  • Even measuring Virginia Beach light rail opinions is divisive Voters could be asked to weigh in on a proposed light rail line as early as November, months before a federally funded transportation study for such a project is scheduled to be complete.

Business Update

  • Hoping to transform the trucking industry by moving it away from diesel fuel, truckmaker Navistar Inc. will begin offering natural gas powered vehicles this year across most of its platforms. Read more...
  • The University of Missouri has hired Solstice Transportation Group to assess students’ travel needs and preferences, just a few months before the city is set to eliminate bus routes that serve south Columbia student apartment complexes. Read more...

Turning Points

  • Should California bite the bullet on HSR?
    If and when California's high-speed train is built, how fast would it have to go, and how much cheaper would a ticket have to cost, for you to give up flying? Los Angeles Times, Feb. 1
  • New York MTA chair: Subway stations need expansion
    With the subways bursting at the seams, the MTA needs to expand stations in the century-old system, authority Chairman Joseph Lhota said. New York Daily News, Jan. 26
  • PATH sees spike in trans-Hudson ridership
    More commuters rode PATH trains across the Hudson River in 2011 than in any other year since the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey took over the rail system in 1962. Wall Street Journal, Jan. 24
  • Transit workers report better job satisfaction
    Employees at transit systems in the U.S. and Canada reported higher job satisfaction levels in 2011 compared to the previous year, according to a survey by Transit Talent. Transit Talent, Jan. 11

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