• Tag Archives: Metro

    TN MOVING STORIES: Beijing Bike Scheme, Florida Traffic Deaths Drop, Airlines Sue DOT Over Advertising Rules

    Beijing will open four new subway lines and put 20,000 rental bikes on the street — this year. Parts of Nigeria are under a curfew...

    TN MOVING STORIES: BART Extension To Silicon Valley Clears Hurdle, Edmonton Transit Riders to be Scanned for Explosives

    The deal to extend BART to Silicon Valley is finally clearing its last major hurdle after a six-decade struggle — and is likely to win...

    D.C. Metro Making Progress on Escalator Fixes

    Metro riders in D.C. are getting to see the first fruits of the transit system’s $150 million plan to rebuild or replace the system’s notoriously...

    TN MOVING STORIES: Sales of Hybrids and EVs Slower Than Expected; Public Sector Workers on Strike in U.K.

    House leaders could hold a press conference Friday on their drilling-for-infrastructure proposal and unveil legislative text on Monday. Sales of hybrids and EVs haven’t met...

    TN MOVING STORIES: American Airlines Files for Bankruptcy, Pittsburgh’s Transit System Faces a 35% Cut, DC’s Metro Considers a “Tourist Zone”

    The parent company of American Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection. Metro may use a ‘tourist zone’ to simplify its fare cards. Governor Cuomo says he...

    TN MOVING STORIES: DC Uses Decoys to Catch Bike Thieves, Toyota Plant Opens in Tupelo, Congress Approves Gateway Tunnel $

    Republicans are hailing “the end to President Obama’s misguided high speed rail program.” Congress formally approved $15 million for the Gateway Tunnel. Transit police are...

    Metro Employees Overworked: Study

    (Elliott Francis — Washington, DC — WAMU) According to a new study, Metrorail employees are overworked and subject to fatigue, which could lead to accidents...

    $1 Billion in Houston Rail Funds No Longer in Jeopardy

    Going back to his days as a college instructor, Metropolitan Transit Authority CEO George Greanias rolled up his sleeves and moved around the room with...

    Broken Escalators Haunt DC’s Metro

    Recent escalator outages at the Bethesda Metro station were just the latest indignity for Metro riders, who see regular outages in the system’s 588 escalators...

    TN MOVING STORIES: Atlantans Warm To Transit, Gas Prices Down, and All-Night NYC Bike Ride a Tradition

    A new poll shows that Atlanta residents are warming to public transit — even in counties that have traditionally opposed MARTA. DC listed its ten...