What characterizes the TTC style of intermodal hubs and makes it distinct from other transit system hubs? ¦  Weather protected connections... continue

Kenneth Lin
M ost public transit users in urban areas do not just take individual bus and rail services. They use “the system.” And that means... continue

Personal Rapid Transit is still seen by some as the futuristic daydream of ‘spaceage’ writers and film makers, but to others it’s a... continue

Jonathan Raper
An invitation to contribute to New Transit from my perspective as an information and systems design specialist came just as Britain’s transport... continue

David Crawford
Scotland is giving top-level status to the role of public authorities in promoting better passenger information. In a pioneering collaboration,... continue

Relatively short connections in the transport network can have a disproportionate significance in both addressing end-to-end journey requirements,... continue

More significant transfers of responsibility for European public transport services have been taking place this summer as the competitive marketplace... continue

Britain’s tramway systems lag behind those in mainland Europe but at least some are growing. Six new trams at London Tramlink have enabled... continue

The future of public transport in Britain will be more electric, the UK government has decided, as it begins the process of catching up with mainland... continue

The Chair of Tyne and Wear Integrated Transport Authority, Cllr David Wood, has been elected as Chair of the group of six UK transport authorities... continue

Sir Brian Souter is to take over as chairman of Stagecoach next  May when Sir George Mathewson retires, despite concern that the UK corporate... continue

San Franciso’s Muni plans to install a network of high-tech behavioural recognition surveillance cameras on its subway. They will be used to... continue

A range of innovative concepts have been emerging to provide rail based transport solutions for areas of low demand over short distances. The fruits... continue

Daniel Wright
The announcement by the UK Department for Transport (DfT) that it is to press ahead with a long-mooted pilot scheme to test the Tram-Train concept in... continue

Peter Stonham
Public transport has long traded on its green credentials and the lower carbon emissions which attend to passenger journeys on buses, trains, trams,... continue

Introduction of Montpellier’s two new tramway lines has been supported by a new tram driver simulator. It is “the first of its kind in... continue

Consultant Mott MacDonald has been appointed by Hordaland Regional Council, which includes Norway’s second-largest city, Bergen, to carry out... continue

Peter Stonham
The French passenger transport sector has achieved a strong and focused representative framework that brings the operating industry across all the... continue

France’s rail market is perceived as being one of the most difficult in Europe for any new operator to break into. And both the giant... continue

Roland Ries is argualbly the most significant politician in French municipal transport. He is a member of the Senate and a leading member of the... continue