MBTA introduces reduced fares for low-income passengers
Low-income residents who rely on public transportation can apply to participate in the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s discount program starting Wednesday. Applicants simply need to indicate their income or eligibility/enrollment in other government subsidy programs when applying. Who can apply?…
Lack of food, water and toilets: Via Rail passengers are angry after being stuck in Quebec for 10 hours
Via Rail passengers are speaking out after their train from Montreal to Quebec City broke down and left them stranded for about 10 hours over the long weekend without food, water or access to a toilet. Rudy El Maghariki says…
Fort Walton Beach plans to discontinue Greyhound bus service in 2025
FORT WALTON BEACH – The Fort Walton Beach City Council believes it has taken an important step in combating the homeless and vagrancy problem within city limits. This solution involves closing the only Greyhound bus stop between Pensacola and Panama…
Lawsuit seeks to stop property tax collection for Project Connect in Austin
A lawsuit filed Monday seeks to prevent the city of Austin from collecting tens of millions of dollars in fiscal year 2024 for Project Connect, a multi-billion-dollar investment by the city in local transportation infrastructure that centers on the planning…
Highest sales tax in Ohio coming to Reynoldsburg if levy passes
COTA’s LinkUS sales tax collection: What you need to know Columbus Dispatch reporter Jordan Laird discusses COTA’s LinkUS sales tax levy, which will be on the ballot in November. The bus stop on Hanson Street in Reynoldsburg does not make…
Federal Labor Office orders striking railway workers back to work and imposes binding arbitration
The Federal Labor Department has ordered thousands of railroad workers back to work after a bitter wage dispute led to the closure of the country’s two largest railroad companies. The Canada Industrial Relations Board’s decision requires the parties to enter…
Impact of the Canadian railway work stoppage on the north of the country
PLATTSBURGH, NY (WCAX) – Labor disputes in Canada have led to massive disruptions to rail service. For Plattsburgh businesses, a prolonged outage could mean trouble. “The big hope is that they will reach an agreement and be back tomorrow,” said…
Some MBTA Red Line trains will not run this week
For Red Line riders on the Braintree and Ashmont routes, the work week began with difficulties on Monday as MBTA service was suspended for seven days. Service between JFK/UMass and Kendall/MIT will be suspended daily from Monday, August 19, through…
DDOT’s Coolidge project could improve service once completed
Not far from a large pile of rubble off Schaefer Highway on Detroit’s west side stands a newly constructed steel frame structure. The pile of crushed concrete, which if spread out would cover a football field to a height of…
Tri-Rail train crashes near Delray Beach station – woman dies
Investigators say the incident occurred around 8 a.m. Wednesday morning on Southwest 10th Street. The southbound Tri-Rail train departs from Delray Beach Station in PBC The southbound Tri-Rail train departs from Delray Beach station for Miami. DELRAY BEACH – A…
