Story Archives of 'buses'

Nationally bus ridership is up, especially here in the Northeast. But bus industry leaders feel their mode of transport isn’t getting enough attention as we consider the country's transportation future. We’ll find out what’s happening with buses in the Granite State.

Guests

• Jim Jalbert, chairman of the Board of Directors for the American Bus Association and owner of the bus company C&J
• Christopher “Kit” Morgan, administrator of the Bureau of Rail and Transit at the New Hampshire Department of Transportation

Local and state governments across the country are keeping a close eye on the emerging form of the federal stimulus package.

There’s talk about repairing roads and highways and hints of more focus on mass transit.

Concord’s Public Transit system expanded its service six months ago using mostly federal dollars.

But the city’s new trolley service is an example of a transit system that does very little to move the masses.

NHPR’s David Darman has more.

Due in part to the rising cost of gasoline, more people are riding Manchester's city buses.

But the city’s budget is tight this year and that bus system faces deep cuts.

NHPR Correspondent Ellen Grimm reports.

The Manchester Transit Authority is getting a major overhaul.

In response to growing ridership and a study of its operations, the MTA is replacing much of its fleet and changing some of its routes.

NHPR Correspondent Debra Daigle reports.

A new bus line opens today in the North Country. We'll talk to Beverly Raymond, director of North Country Transportation to find out more about it. Then we'll talk with Nancy Gerard to find out what other communities around the state are doing to make it easier to get here and there. Nancy is the executive director of the Conservation Law foundation's New Hampshire chapter.

Later in the show we'll check in with resident naturalist Rosemary Conroy to find out what's happening in the snow beneath our feet. She'll let us in on all the wildlife tunneling that's going on in the subnivean zone.