Kilgore (TX) GoBus Launches New Mobile App Enabling Customers to Manage Their Trips and Track the Bus in Real-Time
Kilgore's GoBus announced its new app is live and free to download in the Google Play Store or Apple App Store. Searchable under the name GoBus Transit, the app helps existing GoBus customers with trip planning, real-time bus tracking, and fare payments. One of the central focuses of the GoBus app for both the agency and riders is flexibility. By using the app, customers will benefit from more accurate wait times and save time planning trips at their convenience. Read More
Plans advancing for OK Passenger Rail Network
As an attorney who often appears in court, Matthew Allen sometimes leaves his Norman home an hour early just to ensure rush hour traffic along Interstate 35 doesn’t delay his appearance at hearings in downtown Oklahoma City. “I can’t be late,” Allen explains. “I’ve never figured out a consistent time to leave Norman and get downtown between 8 and 8:15. Traffic is just too inconsistent; I leave my house at 6:30 just to avoid it.” Read More
EMBARK Offers Free Rides through Available Senior Transit Service
EMBARK is now offering transportation for seniors who are victims of white-collar crimes. The free transportation enables seniors aged 60 and older to manage their own affairs and transportation to and from various locations to work directly with OCPD detectives and staff throughout the lifecycle of a case. The program is coordinated through EMBARK’s Mobility Management Services. Through the OCPD Victim Services program, residents have alternative means to reach destinations needed for their cases. Read More
With tax renewal coming up, here's how Baton Rouge's bus system fared on promised improvements
When lobbying for a property tax in 2012, officials in charge of the Baton Rouge bus agency said voter rejection would spell the end for local public transit. As part of its push, Capital Area Transit System came up with a checklist for how it would spend the $18 million in yearly revenue to improve the city-parish’s only mode of public transportation. Read More
Transit News from Across the SWTA Nation
TX: Houston's unveils mass public transit project connecting Katy to downtown (Mass Transit)
As we await the next step for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill in the House of Representatives, SWTA Executive Director Rich Sampson joined Paul Comfort of Trapeze Group Software & TripSpark Software on the latest edition of his Transit Unplugged podcast, discussing both the big picture as well as specific details of this legislation. In addition to the transformative impacts the bill may bring to transit providers everywhere, Rich focused on how raising the profile of transit across the SWTA Nation will be made easier with record levels of investment, along with key provisions for SWTA members such as the Capital Investment Grant programs, sale of vehicles past useful life and new opportunities for intercity and passenger rail. Click here or the image at right to listen to the full episode of Transit Unplugged, the top podcast for transit executives around the world.
Also joining the discussion were Scott Bogren of the Community Transportation Association of America and Ed Redfern of The Bus Coalition. Stay tuned to this newsletter, SWTA's social media channels and www.swta.org for additional updates on legislative activity.
UPCOMING EVENTS FROM STATE & NATIONAL TRANSIT ASSOCIATIONS
