Mastodawn

My new hot take, fresh from the presses: Every school district needing to maintain its own bus fleet is a flashing neon sign that your transportation system has failed big time. #transit #urbanism #bus #education

Bahnblogstelle 7h ago

Keine neuen Warnstreiks: Tarifeinigung bei der BVG erzielt
*AKTUALISIERT*
#BVG #Berlin #Bus #Gewerkschaft #Nahverkehr #Straßenbahn #Streik #Tarifstreit #Tarifverhandlung #Tram #UBahn #Verdi #Warnstreik #ÖPNV

https://bahnblogstelle.com/251366/keine-neuen-warnstreiks-tarifeinigung-bei-der-bvg-erzielt/

Global News Barrie 8h ago

London loses nearly 2M bus riders as student cap hits Ontario transit agencies
Bus ridership in London, Ont., decreased by nearly two million riders last year with fewer international students in the province, the city's transit agency says.
#Canada #Politics #CanadaPolitics #Ontariotransit
https://globalnews.ca/news/11748683/london-ontario-bus-ridership-2025/

Bahnblogstelle 8h ago

Verkehrsverbund MDV kündigt Preiserhöhungen ab August an

#Bahn #Bus #Leipzig #MDV #Nahverkehr #Sachsen #Ticket #Ticketpreis

https://bahnblogstelle.com/251418/verkehrsverbund-mdv-kuendigt-preiserhoehungen-ab-august-an/

Akshay 11h ago

More electric buses, says Bus industry in Australia

“Electric buses are just 1% of the Australian fleet compared with 80% in urban China, a quarter in the Netherlands and 12% in the UK”

—> indeed non-electric buses make little sense anymore: buses have massive fuel use. Build the infrastructure to charge them!

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/26/australia-electric-buses-transition-from-diesel-fuel-crisis

#Energy #Climate #PublicTransport #Bus #EV #BEV #Transport #FossilFuels #Australia

Australia urged to swap diesel for electric buses as fuel costs soar

Electric buses are just 1% of the Australian fleet compared with 80% in urban China, a quarter in the Netherlands and 12% in the UK

The Guardian

CBC Kitchener-Waterloo 15h ago

GO train service between Kitchener and Toronto to be modified this weekend for track work
Weekend GO train service on the Kitchener line between Waterloo region and Toronto will be disrupted this weekend because of track work. People can still board trains in Kitchener and Guelph, but will need to transfer to a bus at Brampton GO.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/go-train-service-kitchener-toronto-modified-weekend-9.7143154?cmp=rss