Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority

What to Take on a Bus Trip

The term "road trip" often generates images of traveling by car; however, a road trip can also take place on a bus. Whether the trip takes place on a chartered coach or on a ...

What to Bring on a Long Bus Ride: 12 Essentials

When you're traveling long-distances by bus there are a few essentials you should never forget. Find out what to bring on a long bus ride!

Rush Bus Centers Bus Training Expo

Want a problem-free trip? Try the bus

Despite few federal regulations, bus lines are more responsive to consumers than airlines.

Finding Love on Public Transportation

In all of my time riding public transportation, there's one idea that I've always romanticized, falling in love with someone I met on publ...

Maybe Redesign Public Transportation Yourself?

When designers ride public transportation, they can’t help but notice the signage—especially if it’s confusing. Most of us just tsk-tsk to ourselves or complain vainly to uncomprehending companions…

How do gas prices affect public transportation?

With drivers paying more at the pump, more people are considering public transportation.

9 Benefits of Public Transportation

Public transportation continues to be a much more efficient and beneficial system of getting people from one place to another.

How Safe Is the World’s Public Transportation?

New study looks at transit-focused terror attacks.

Why is the U.S. unwilling to pay for good public transportation?

How did urban public transport in America, like much of our infrastructure, get to be in such bad shape? Will millennials help turn it around?

Is public transportation a realistic option for TISD students?

We test out an option of alternate transportation suggested to some TISD students who may not otherwise have a way to school.

8 Craziest Public Transportation And Commuting Ideas

See how you’ll commute in 10 years with these futuristic ways to get to work.

3 Questions: An experiment illuminates the value of public transportation

Urban studies research from MIT sheds light on the ways low-income riders use mass transit.

Could this half-bike, half-scooter create a new form of urban transit?

The Oslo rides like a bike but has a throttle like a scooter, and is designed to get people who are skeptical of cycling out of their cars.

Can Ride-Hailing Improve Public Transportation Instead of Undercutting It?

Ride-hailing threatens does public transit but is also key to its future success with smart policies and the right price signals in place

Are Vertical High-Speed Trains the Future of Public Transportation?

Are Vertical High-Speed Trains the Future of Public Transportation? - Industry Tap

Is public transportation in the mix?

Public transportation services are important in many ways. They provide mobility, can shape land use and development patterns, generate jobs and enable economic growth, and support public policies...

Advancements and Benefits for Onboard Security Cameras for Public Transportation

Advancements and Benefits for Onboard Security Cameras for Public Transportation Onboard security cameras for public transportation are becoming commonplace. These surveillance tools not only increase passenger safety when boarding the vehicle, but inside the vessel as well. However, onboard cameras come with their own unique challenges. Fortunately, digitalization of security cameras has allowed these devices …

A Surprising Perk To Public Transportation

As anyone who's hauled herself up and down the precarious steps of a bus (or down and up the stairs of a subway station) has guessed, taking public transportation is a much more active experience than hopping in your car at point A and popping out ag…

Public Transportation: A Key to Solving the Labor Crisis?

Could providing more public transportation solutions be a key to solving the industrial labor crisis? Colliers' U.S. Editorial Board discusses this topic.