This Week in Passenger Transport

Excerpts from APTA's Weekly Newspaper

Below you will find brief excerpts from the lead stories in the most recent issues of Passenger Transport. Every week, Passenger Transport brings its readers the most important information about what’s happening in the public transportation industry. To start receiving all the news, click here.

Passenger Transport also offers an online Article Archive containing the full text of all articles, dating back to January 2004. The archive adds new stories six to eight weeks after they appear in the print edition. To search the archive by date or keyword, visit, visit archive search.

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July 28

• House Members Emphasize More Transit Investment
• Park-and-Ride Capacity Challenged by Ridership Jump
• Countdown to EXPO 2008
• Congress Moves Toward Conference on Amtrak Bill
• House OKs $8 Billion for Highway Trust Fund
• Teleconference Addresses Proposed Changes to ADA
• Study: Increased Transit Use Means Fewer Auto Fatalities
• Citizens See Rewards When States Invest in Transit
• Santa Clarita Manager O’Keefe to Retire

July 21

• Rising Fuel Prices Skew Priorities for Transit Budgets
• Blumenauer Bill Offers Relief to Harried Commuters
• FY 2009 Appropriations Bill Passes Senate Committee
• Georgia Straw Poll Follows Party Lines
• Gionet Dies; GM in Fort Wayne, IN
• First French-American Workshop Focuses on PPPs

July 14

• Senate Subcommittee Approves $10.225 Billion for Transit
• Prendergast to Head British Columbia’s TransLink
• Gannon Is New Executive Director of Eno Center
• Milam to Retire as VIA President/CEO

July 7

• New Orleans Reopens Full St. Charles Streetcar Line
• Oberstar Showcases Legislation Before House Passage
• U.S. PIRG Report: Americans Spend Tax Stimulus Checks for Gasoline
• UTA Breaks Ground for West Valley TRAX Line
• U.S. Mayors Examine Transit in Light of High Fuel Costs
• California Court Clears Metrolink on ‘Push-Pull’ Safety

Issues from last month

June 30

• House Subcommittee OKs Transportation Appropriations; Provides $10.3 Billion for Public Transit in FY 2009
• Third Annual ‘Dump the Pump’ Day in National Spotlight
• Coalition Calls for ‘Faster, Better, Safer’ Investment
• Kaine, Peters Speak on Infrastructure Funding Needs

June 23

• Brookings Calls for New Federal Funding Approach
• Transit Offers Assistance in Flooded Areas of Midwest
• LiProposed FTA School Service Change Faces Opposition
• House DHS Subcommittee Approves Appropriations Bill
• SunLine Replaces Entire Bus Fleet with Updated Vehicles
• Joseph Kelly Dies at 85; Former GM in Boston

June 16

• Gas Prices Frustrate Drivers; Transit Is Ready to Go
• T&I Subcommittee Hearing Focuses on Infrastructure
• More from the APTA Rail Conference

June 9

• Coverage of APTA Rail Conference
• FTA Proposes Changes in Service to Schools
• Charter Bus Rules Mean Changes for Transit Agencies
• Sound Transit Opens Sounder Station at Mukilteo
• Permut Named Fourth President of Metro-North
• Tereschuck Set to Retire from San Diego Trolley

June 2

• FTA Announces $96 Million in Grants for 27 Bus Agencies
• Ridership Continues Strong Growth; Light Rail Leads in First Quarter
• Transit Fuel Budgets Almost Double in Past Four Years
• Boxer Introduces New Version of Lieberman-Warner Bill
• UTA Breaks Ground for New Mid-Jordan TRAX Line

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