Transit Dispatches

Contributing bloggers discuss a variety of topics geared toward the transit and motorcoach sectors.

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SEPTA beefs up its ‘social’ assets

In this age of smartphones, tablets, Twitter, Facebook and other social media, rapid transit has taken on a new meaning. Passengers not only want to get to their destinations fast, they want information about their trips in an instant. To answer customers’ demands of immediacy, transportation organizations across the country have taken to using a variety of methods to disseminate details as quickly as possible.

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Janna Starcic

Executive Editor


Alex Roman

Managing Editor


Nicole Schlosser

Senior Editor


Michael R. Wiley

GM/CEO, Sacramento Regional Transit District


Heather Redfern

Press Relations Officer, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority


Louie Maiello

Former director of training, New York City Transit Bus & Safety Division and 2003 NTI Fellow, is a consultant for FAAC Inc., bus simulation division, and an independent consultant for "Bus Talk" Surface Solutions.


Dan Reichard

Honorary member, Business Member Board of Governors


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Hazard Analysis: The Practice of Using Cell Phones While Operating a Transit Vehicle Examining system safety principles, available information in the public domain, recent transit incidents and policies.

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METRO Magazine - November/December 2012

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