Philadelphia, PA – Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) has released their FY 2025 Budget Proposal, and with it comes new greener vehicles. First, let’s give a general overview of what’s to be expected. Existing Diesel-Electric Hybrid Buses to be Converted to Electric As part of their initiative to have a completely zero-emission bus fleet fleet…
Philadelphia, PA: Yes, you read this correctly. After 3 years of being unclear and uncertain of the fate of the route 91, SEPTA has finally officially announced that route 91 has been discontinued. Well, kinda. You see as of the February, 2023 timetables, SEPTA finally released an updated PDF timetable for the route 91, which…
Philadelphia, PA Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)‘s brand new BAE powered New Flyer XDE40s have finally entered revenue service. In November 2021, SEPTA approved the purchase of 220 New Flyer XDE40 hybrid buses, with an additional 120 buses being confirmed to arrive with the FY2024 budget. The first of these 340 buses arrived on SEPTA…
Philadelphia, PA As of today, August 13th, 2022, SEPTA has retired the FIRST New Flyer DE40LF “second gen” from revenue service. From now on, this post will keep track of all retirements and update daily with all confirmed changes. The 2008 New Flyer DE40LF buses are confirmed to be replaced by the upcoming 2022 New…
Pontiac, MI – On August 10, 2022, Oakland County commissioners have approved a resolution to place a countywide public transit millage tax on ballots throughout the county in the November general election 13-7, Oakland Press reporter Mark Cavitt reported on Twitter. This development marks a dramatic shift in transit attitudes in the county from earlier…
Philadelphia, PA: Progress on SEPTA‘s new multi-level regional rail cars from CRRC was finally revealed to the public. For years, fans and riders have been left in the dark about these new cars. Rumors even circulated that this order was cancelled due to declining ridership on the regional rail. However, after years of delays from…
Warwick, RI According to RIPTA‘s Twitter post, a brand new 2022 New Flyer XE40 was on display for the NorthEast Passenger Transportation Association (NEPTA) Expo at Crowne Plaza in Warwick, Rhode Island. This is the first of 14 electric buses to be built by New Flyer for RIPTA. Once deployed later this year, these buses…
Pittsburgh, PA The Port Authority of Allegheny County has officially changed its name to Pittsburgh Regional Transit. This name change, while purely cosmetic, is not meant to affect service in the Pittsburgh Area. It is purely meant to reflect that Port Authority or rather PRT is keeping up with the modern times. “Our new name…
Auburn Hills, MI – Despite massive public opposition, on February 21, 2022, Auburn Hills, Michigan City Council members gave the green light for a plan to opt out Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART), making it the first Detroit suburb in over 15 years to do so. Virtual Transit Center reported Friday that the…
Auburn Hills, MI – Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) may be forced to discontinue service within the suburb of Auburn Hills, Michigan. The Auburn Hills City Council will vote at their meeting this Monday night on a resolution that will allow them to opt out of SMART. The city is asking voters to…
Washington, DC – Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority – or WMATA has announced that today, February 14th, the WMATA Metro Rail frequencies will be improved on the Blue, Silver, and Orange Lines. After having pulled the 7000 series cars from service, WMATA has been working hard to restore their “legacy” fleet of 2000, 3000, and…
SEPTA of Southeastern Pennsylvania has discontinued OWL Link service today, February 12th, 2022. The Owl Link service was a service that was meant to connect people from overnight bus routes in Northeast Philadelphia to jobs in Lower Bucks County in the overnight hours. To use the service, riders were to download an app called “SEPTA…
