Much of the gains will be attributable to Type C school buses, demand for which will skyrocket from 26,000 units in 2011 to 70,000 units in 2016. Growth in demand for motorcoaches, transit buses and all other buses will, in the aggregate, be much more moderate, averaging 3.7% per year through 2016, a pace consistent with longer term trends.
Upon completion of a system map and transit brochure, the company will begin the next phase of the customer information design project by developing stop signage for the city’s transit center as well as all 145 of its bus stops.
In response to criticism from city officials, the agency will not cut service after 8 p.m. to some neighborhoods in the Southeastern region of Washington, D.C., despite routine attacks that injure riders and drivers and damage the buses.
Regional development authority officials want to oversee the remaining $579,881 in the Northwest Indiana Regional Bus Authority's treasury and use it to advance the regionalization of Northwest Indiana's public transit systems.
The Chapel Hill Town Council voted in favor of a policy that transit staffers had mistakenly followed for months, which allows the controversial ads on town-owned buses.
Granted a new five-year contract to Titan for the exclusive right to sell advertising across Seattle-based King County Metro's system. The contract includes a two-year extension.
Also known as a “jughandle,” it is the first of its kind in San Francisco. The bay allows bicyclists to stay safely in the bike lane to make a left turn.
Officials want to move a commuter rail station 460 feet south as part of a $300 million arts and transit project. Critics believe the change will cause conflict for cyclists, vehicles and pedestrians.
A new partnership between CBORD, a provider of campus card and integrated security solutions to colleges and universities, and Creative Mobile Technologies, a supplier of in-taxi media and payment technologies, allows Emerson College and Suffolk University students to pay for taxi rides using campus card funds.
The passes would give students unlimited access to Winnipeg Transit, but could cost the city and the province about $5 million.
Late-night and off-campus services appear to be the most popular among the systems surveyed. An increase in bus routes ran a close second. One university just unveiled a trolley service and another is planning a parking app.
The distinction honors the university’s commitment to bicycling and initiatives that promote a safe and convenient biking environment on campus.
Will take over operation of an express bus service that provides transportation between Duke and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in early 2013.
In response to an increase in requests for campus escort service over the last seven years, the university unveiled the Hilltop Safety Cruiser, a van that provides transportation for up to six passengers at a time.
CLEMSONLiVE, the university’s activities service, partnered with its transit system to give students a chance to win money and prizes. Students follow CLEMSONLiVE on Twitter to find out when they can win money and learn about upcoming events and Tiger Transit.
Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams had encouraged eclipse viewers to take mass transit to their destinations for safety and congestion relief.
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