Transit Roundup

• A new Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report, TCRP Synthesis 94: Innovative Rural Transit Services, highlights rural public and intercity bus service responses to changing rural community transportation needs, with an emphasis on innovative and entrepreneurial spirit.

• A new report from the Transportation Research Board's Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Program, Transit IDEA Project 58: Google Transit Data Tool for Small Transit Agencies, describes the development of a tool that enables small transit agencies to enter, export, and host the transit data needed to put their transit information on Google Transit.

• The U.S. DOT awarded $15 million in grants through the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Tribal Transit Program. The funds will go to tribes in 25 states for 67 separate projects. (FTA Press Release)