Mass transit systems
What a relief: Rhode Island transit hub bathrooms reopening

Jun. 23, 2021 11:48 AM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — To the relief of many, Rhode Island reopened public restrooms Wednesday at the Kennedy Plaza transit hub in Providence, which had been...

Connecticut governor unveils plan to cut travel time to NYC

By Susan Haigh Jun. 21, 2021 01:58 PM EDT
Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont's administration unveiled an $8 billion to $10 billion plan Monday that aims to reduce commuter rail times from Connecticut to New...

Richmond transit continuing fare-free rides for another year

Jun. 15, 2021 04:08 PM EDT
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Riders on Richmond’s transit system won’t have to dig into their pockets for another year. The board of directors of...

CTA hopes to win back Chicago riders after pandemic slump

Jun. 12, 2021 09:21 AM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — Commuters returning to the buses and trains run by the Chicago Transit Authority will be greeted by employee volunteers acting as “ambassadors,”...

Feinberg tapped as 1st woman to chair NYC transit authority

Jun. 08, 2021 05:34 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Sarah Feinberg has been nominated to chair New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and if confirmed, would become the first woman to...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom leaves a staging area for Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) workers, family members and officials following a shooting at one of the agency's rail yards on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in San Jose, Calif. A Santa Clara County sheriff's spokesman said the shooting left at least eight people, including the gunman, dead. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Authorities ID 8 victims of California railyard shooting

By Jocelyn Gecker And Martha Mendoza May. 26, 2021 04:11 PM EDT

Baker proposes legislation to extend some emergency measures

May. 25, 2021 10:03 AM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker is filing legislation to extend several pandemic-related emergency measures put in place via executive order that are set to...

People work at a mass vaccination site operated by the University of Alabama at Birmingham on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in Hoover, Ala. Across the Deep South, where vaccination rates are the lowest in the nation and mistrust remains high, this site, one of the largest clinics in Alabama already shut down Wednesday and others will follow in the coming weeks because demand for the shot has plunged. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
Second mass vaccination closes in Birmingham in a week

May. 21, 2021 11:44 AM EDT

People stand on a platform of the Grand Central Subway Station as the 5 train arrives Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in New York. More than a year after coronavirus shutdowns sent "the city that never sleeps" into a fitful slumber, New York could soon be wide awake again. Subways resumed running round-the-clock this week and commuter rail ridership is averaging about 40% of normal after plunging to 10% last spring, when the subway system began closing for several hours overnight for the first time in its more than 115-year history. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
'City in transition': New York vies to turn page on pandemic

By Jennifer Peltz May. 19, 2021 12:14 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2015 photo, a full-scale mock-up of a high-speed train is displayed at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. On Friday, May 14, 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed spending $11 billion on transportation improvements, half of it for a troubled bullet train intended to link California's major metropolitan areas eventually and projects supporting the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The Democratic governor billed the proposal as a way not just to repair decaying roads and bridges but to "build a modernized transportation system for the next century." That also includes improving public transportation and the state's major ocean ports and encouraging more use of zero-emission vehicles. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
$11B for transit would aid bullet train, move Olympic crowds

By Don Thompson May. 14, 2021 07:56 PM EDT

3 men slashed, 1 punched, in serial attacks on NYC subway

May. 14, 2021 10:07 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A series of subway slashings injured three men and another was punched, all within 12 minutes on the same train early Friday, police said. ...

A subway car is prepared to be lowered to the ground, with the help of a crane, from a collapsed elevated section of the metro, in Mexico City, Tuesday, May 4, 2021. The elevated section of the Line 12 metro collapsed late Monday, killing at least 23 people and injuring at least 79, city officials said. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Overpass collapse on Mexico City metro kills at least 24

By Fabiola Sánchez May. 04, 2021 05:30 AM EDT

People ride escalators at Washington Metro's Dupont Circle station, Friday, April 23, 2021, in Washington. As President Joe Biden urges more federal spending for public transportation, transit agencies decimated by COVID-19 are struggling with a new uncertainty: how to win passengers back. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Public transit hopes to win back riders after crushing year

By Hope Yen, Christopher Weber, Sophia Tareen And David Porter May. 02, 2021 08:13 AM EDT

A woman waits to board a train as it arrives at Metro Center station, Friday, April 23, 2021, in Washington. As President Joe Biden urges more federal spending for public transportation, transit agencies decimated by COVID-19 are struggling with a new uncertainty: how to win passengers back. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Public transit hopes to win back riders after crushing year

By Hope Yen, Christopher Weber, Sophia Tareen And David Porter May. 02, 2021 08:09 AM EDT

Schumer: NYC must restore around-the-clock subway service

May. 02, 2021 06:00 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is demanding the Metropolitan Transportation Authority restore around-the-clock subway service in New York City,...

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2020 file photo, a woman walks into the international airport in Honolulu amid a quarantine rule that effectively shut down the tourism industry in the state. A requirement that people on planes and other forms of transportation in the U.S. wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 will remain in place through at least Sept. 13, the Transportation Security Administration said Friday, April 30, 2021 (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)
US keeps in place mask requirement on planes, transit

Apr. 30, 2021 04:56 PM EDT

Virginia public transit finds reduced ridership, zero fare

By Katharine Derosa Of Capital News Service Apr. 13, 2021 06:24 PM EDT
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia public transit systems from Northern Virginia to Hampton Roads are looking for a path forward after losing riders and revenue...

A poster depicting transportation plans are on display behind Amtrak President and CEO William Flynn, center right, and Virginia Railway Express CEO Rich Dalton, left, during a news conference to announce the expansion of commuter rail in Virginia at the Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express (VRE) Alexandria Station, Tuesday, March 30, 2021, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Virginia inks $4 billion deal with Amtrak, CSX to boost rail

By Matthew Barakat Mar. 30, 2021 03:27 PM EDT

Legislation would support fare-free public transit systems

By Steve Leblanc Mar. 30, 2021 01:18 PM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — Legislation intended to boost support for public transportation, including state and local efforts to create fare-free transit systems, has been...

Transit agency to use grant to test out new express routes

Mar. 28, 2021 09:42 AM EDT
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — The Pioneer Valley Transit Authority has received a state grant worth almost $500,000 to try out a Northampton-Holyoke-Springfield...