June 6, 2023, marks the seventh anniversary of Link Transit (Burlington, NC) providing public transportation services to the North Carolina communities of Burlington, Elon, and Gibsonville, as well as Alamance County and Alamance Community College.  To date, Link Transit has provided close to 650,000 trips since beginning operations on June 6, 2016. To celebrate, Link Transit staff handed out free giveaways…

The Victor Valley (CA) Sheriff’s Station will now have a team, comprised of one sergeant and four deputies, assigned to the Victor Valley Transit Division. The team will work directly with the Victor Valley Transit Authority (VVTA) to enhance the safety of passengers and drivers. Passengers will see deputies riding the buses, as well as…

As part of continuing efforts to strengthen safety for both frontline transit workers and riders across the country, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently proposed an updated version of the National Public Transportation Safety Plan. Reauthorized under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the plan creates a blueprint for transit agencies to adopt…

The Laketran (Lake County, OH) board recently swore in three reappointed trustees. Board president Brian J. Falkowski, along with Lane H. Sheets and Kim Stenger, will serve three-year terms. The swearing in took place after the Lake County Commissioners approved resolutions to reappoint all three members of the nine-member Board of Trustees. Falkowski is the…

The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) has welcomed Calley Mersmann and Jeffrey Sleasman as new members to its Board of Trustees. They were sworn into service by Janet Burney, GCRTA Deputy General Manager Legal Affairs. Their appointments were made by Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, and both will serve three-year terms ending in 2026. Mersmann is the…

Pace (Arlington Heights, IL) recently welcomed Illinois Congressman Bill Foster, Will County (IL) Executive Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant, and Bolingbrook, IL, Mayor Mary Alexander-Basta to celebrate Community Project Funding, secured by the Congressman, to create a passenger waiting area at the agency’s Old Chicago (Bolingbrook) Park-n-Ride. Riders will now have a more comfortable place to wait for…

The Oklahoma Mobility Institute (OMI), a connected organization to the Oklahoma Transit Association (OkTA), has been awarded a $10,000 local coalition grant from the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). “OMI is a relatively new organization, and we are honored to receive this funding from APTA. It will further our mission of helping to facilitate an…

Link Transit’s (Burlington, NC) Blue Route and its complementary paratransit service will now help even more Alamance County residents get to work, medical care, shopping destinations, and educational opportunities. A video of a Link Transit bus in Elon, NC, is available for download at: https://we.tl/t-j02b6bri65. The Blue Route starts in Downtown Burlington at Worth Street and will make the…

The San Diego (CA) Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) Board of Directors recently elected San Diego City Councilmember Stephen Whitburn to fulfill the remainder of the Board-appointed chair term through 2023, and the next term which begins in January 2024. The Board also appointed El Cajon City Councilmember Steve Goble to Vice Chair, the position Chair…