Public transit

GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (WBAY) – Green Bay Metro Transit is in the process of making changes to some of their bus lines and they want your advice. The move would impact 9 of the 11 routes across the city. Jacob Kulis uses the public transport system three or four times …

This takeover should be ethereal. Andrew Yang’s proposal for a municipal takeover of New York City Transit, a Potemkin village of “vision” and “daring,” is bad enough to sink his entire campaign. Yang’s plan, or rather the blurry outlines of a plan, was presented to New Yorkers on Wednesday. He …

LAS CRUCES – As state mask rules and federal health guidelines loosen, communities that established their own mask mandates last year now need to catch up. Last week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention removed the recommendation that people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 wear masks in most settings, …

The Benton County Transit Program has launched its new brand. Formally known as the Special / Rural Transit Program, and often referred to as the county contractor, Dial-a-Bus, the name change brings a new name: Benton Area Transit (affectionately known as BAT), logo and color scheme. In the coming weeks, …

As lawmakers focus attention on infrastructure, much of the conversation centers on reducing dependence on cars. But what about people with no choice? Today 99% of community college students go to campus – and a significant number of community colleges are not accessible by public transport. The Biden administration calls …

Stakeholders in the La Crosse region are continuing the conversation about regionalizing certain services such as EMS, fire, and transit as different municipalities reassess the effectiveness of doing it themselves. Members of the La Crosse area planning committee, which is a group of officials from various municipalities in the county, …

SACRAMENTO, Calif .– (BUSINESS WIRE) – The California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted today to endorse the country’s first standard to move fleets of vehicles to zero emissions by 2030. The Clean Miles standard will ensure that 90% of kilometers driven at across California are taking place in zero-emission vehicles …

State transportation planners want public input on a far-reaching plan to improve and make Route 273 safer through Redding. To help gather feedback, California Department of Transportation officials held a public bike ride Wednesday evening on part of the 10-mile route where improvements are planned on one of the main …

Young people in the Puget Sound area can get their first ORCA card for free starting June 1. ORCA Cards (which stands for One Regional Card for All) are a transit pass accepted by Community Transit, Everett Transit, King County Metro, Kitsap Transit, Pierce Transit, Sound Transit and Washington State …

LAKELAND – Lakeland Transit has unveiled maps of downtown shuttle service routes slated to launch this fall. Citrus Connection will use eight-passenger golf carts on a shuttle service called The Squeeze to transport visitors during weekday lunch and weekend evenings. Tom Phillips, executive director of Citrus Connection, said the proposed …