public transit

As President Joe Biden urges more federal spending for public transportation, transit agencies decimated by COVID-19 are struggling to figure out how to win back passengers.

About 50 CTtransit bus drivers called out sick on Monday, causing some delays for commuters.

Passenger numbers on New York’s MTA and London’s Underground metro system initially crashed by around 95 percent, and have since recovered to only about one-third of last year’s levels. And while those numbers have rebounded, passenger numbers are likely to be lower in the near-to-medium term.

As the coronavirus rages across the U.S., grocery workers, health care professionals, university staffers, cleaning crews and others who don’t have the option to work from home must weigh safety against affordability when deciding how best to commute to their jobs

In cities around the world, public transport systems are the key to getting workers back on the job and restarting devastated economies, yet everything from trains to buses to ferries to bicycles will have to be re-imagined for the coronavirus era. In Europe in particular, public transport is shaping up as a new front line in the battle to tame…

Starting Friday, employees and customers of Metro-North will be required to wear face masks or coverings while riding in New York state, in keeping with the executive order issued by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo earlier this week. Connecticut customers are also urged to wear a face covering. There will be exceptions allowed for those who cannot wear a covering…

The MTA is scaling back on some of its services, including trips on the Metro-North New Haven line, due to a decrease in ridership and fewer train crews being available during the coronavirus outbreak, agency officials said Tuesday. Despite the strains on the system, the MTA will be offering what it’s calling an essential service plan to ensure essential...

Efforts are underway throughout Connecticut to ensure that local travel on buses and trains is as safe as possible. With COVID-19 now in the state, many precautions are being taken by agencies to mitigate the spread, including public transit systems. Officials said at CT Transit and other state Department of Transportation bus lines run by the state, buses are getting…