The UESS-based URTS integrates energy, urban rail transit, and underground space, exploring the potential of different forms of energy in URTS and forming a new low-carbon, efficient, safe, and ...

There are nearly 3,000 transit systems in the United States. Four years ago, the federal government meted out $30 billion in pandemic transit aid, saving many of them from shutting down completely. At ...

This is a good news-bad news story about riding the rails within cities and between cities. The good news is that a light-rail revival has been underway in urban America for a couple of decades and ...

A $1.66 billion contract has been awarded for the next phase of a rapid transit system in Hawaii. Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) awarded the contract to construciton firm Tutor ...

Public cost overruns came up in a heated congressional oversight hearing earlier this year, when Congressman Kevin Kiley ...

New Jersey Transit relies on more than 20 old-school diesel engines, including the United States’ oldest locomotive in regular passenger service. New Jersey Transit’s GP40 diesel engines, also known ...

A shortfall in federal funding is threatening public transportation systems across the country. As pandemic-era government support runs out and with inflation added to the mix, local governments are ...