January 15, 2025

Guns on Buses Bills Emerge as MO Legislative Session Gets Underway; Weigh in Today

As the 2025 Missouri Legislative session gets underway, bills have been introduced in the Missouri House of Representatives and the Missouri Senate like SB77 sponsored… Read the rest

January 13, 2025

Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Granted $1.9 Billion for Red Line Extension Project

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) has been granted $1.97 billion from the Federal Transit Administration’s Capital Investment Grants (CIG) program for a 5.5-mile… Read the rest

January 8, 2025

Bi-State Development in St. Louis Seeking New COO of Metro Transit

Bi-State Development is now accepting applications for the key position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Metro Transit. The important position… Read the rest

January 7, 2025

Creative Revenue Generation Opportunities for Transit Agencies

Transit agencies have diverse opportunities to generate revenue that fall outside of the farebox. Mass Transit Magazine recently published a piece by Gabriel J. Lopez-Bernhal… Read the rest

January 2, 2025

Cape Girardeau County Transit Authority Announces Its Relocation in Cape Girardeau

Cape Girardeau County Transit Authority announced that it has relocated. This move allows the company to expand its operations and provide better customer service.… Read the rest

December 18, 2024

KCATA Continues to Expand Transit-Oriented Community Development (TOCD) in Kansas City

The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) celebrated the groundbreaking of two Transit-Oriented Community Development (TOCD) projects in December 2024.… Read the rest

December 18, 2024

Sunshine Lamp Trolley Service to Return to Joplin in February

Joplin’s Sunshine Lamp Trolley is set to return to service in February 2025. Operating hours will be Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. through 6 p.m. Fare will be priced… Read the rest

December 16, 2024

KC Streetcar Main Street Extension Celebrates 100% Track Completion

Image courtesy of KC Streetcar Constructors The KC Streetcar Main Street Extension project reached a new milestone as the community celebrated 100% track completion… Read the rest

December 13, 2024

FTA Announces Five-Year Extension of Buy America Waiver

The FTA recently published a Federal Register notice announcing a five-year extension of the partial Buy-America waiver for vans and minivans originally issued in October… Read the rest

December 3, 2024

2024 YEAR-IN-REVIEW: Advocacy. Research. Education.

Fiscal Year 2024 was a historic year for public transit in Missouri. Record amounts of transit funding were made available at the state level as federal funding matches.… Read the rest