Philadelphia, PA: Yes, you read this correctly. After 3 years of being unclear and uncertain of the fate of the route 91, SEPTA has finally officially announced that route 91 has been discontinued. Well, kinda. You see as of the February, 2023 timetables, SEPTA finally released an updated PDF timetable for the route 91, which…
Philadelphia, PA Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)‘s brand new BAE powered New Flyer XDE40s have finally entered revenue service. In November 2021, SEPTA approved the purchase of 220 New Flyer XDE40 hybrid buses, with an additional 120 buses being confirmed to arrive with the FY2024 budget. The first of these 340 buses arrived on SEPTA…
Philadelphia, PA As of today, August 13th, 2022, SEPTA has retired the FIRST New Flyer DE40LF “second gen” from revenue service. From now on, this post will keep track of all retirements and update daily with all confirmed changes. The 2008 New Flyer DE40LF buses are confirmed to be replaced by the upcoming 2022 New…
Pontiac, MI – On August 10, 2022, Oakland County commissioners have approved a resolution to place a countywide public transit millage tax on ballots throughout the county in the November general election 13-7, Oakland Press reporter Mark Cavitt reported on Twitter. This development marks a dramatic shift in transit attitudes in the county from earlier…
Philadelphia, PA: Progress on SEPTA‘s new multi-level regional rail cars from CRRC was finally revealed to the public. For years, fans and riders have been left in the dark about these new cars. Rumors even circulated that this order was cancelled due to declining ridership on the regional rail. However, after years of delays from…
Hello everyone! It’s the 4th of July!! And to celebrate, Virtual Transit Center has gone independent from ads for the month of July! Enjoy an ad-free experience! If we can manage to keep donations up for the month, operation costs of the website can be offset with said donations, instead of intrusive ads. If you…
Warwick, RI According to RIPTA‘s Twitter post, a brand new 2022 New Flyer XE40 was on display for the NorthEast Passenger Transportation Association (NEPTA) Expo at Crowne Plaza in Warwick, Rhode Island. This is the first of 14 electric buses to be built by New Flyer for RIPTA. Once deployed later this year, these buses…
Pittsburgh, PA The Port Authority of Allegheny County has officially changed its name to Pittsburgh Regional Transit. This name change, while purely cosmetic, is not meant to affect service in the Pittsburgh Area. It is purely meant to reflect that Port Authority or rather PRT is keeping up with the modern times. “Our new name…
Congratulations to NeoplanDan for winning the Photo of the month, June 2022. Unlike previous months, for June 2022 the winner was the top-rated photo in the Multimedia Gallery. With a 5-star rating, NeoplanDan’s picture of a SEPTA New Flyer DE40LF on route 22 won! If you want your photo featured on the site’s homepage, check out…
Congrats to MikeLiang for winning Photo of the Month for May 2022 Over on our discord server, we had yet another Photo of the Month competition. The winner would have their photo featured as the site’s cover photo. With 11 votes, this photo of a retired TransLink 1998 D60LF won the competition! Congratulations to MikeLiang. If you want…
Over on our discord server, we had yet another Photo of the Month competition. The winner would not only have their photo featured as the site’s cover photo but would also win a free month of Discord Nitro! With 10 votes, this photo of MBTA Neoplan Trackless Trolleys at North Cambridge Yard was the winner. Congratulations to Aijale26…
You read correctly folks, the first North American bus mod is out for Bus Simulator 2021, and it’s the Orion VII OG, or old generation mod. Made from a joint effort of PumpkinEater69, Kostič_CZ, and Arthurian, this mod was brought into the game and can now be installed. Mod Support for Bus Simulator 2021 was…
