LA's Expo Line Takes Light Rail to Pacific Coast
It’s been more than six decades since it was possible to travel by rail from downtown Los Angeles to the beachfront of Santa Monica, Calif.
It’s been more than six decades since it was possible to travel by rail from downtown Los Angeles to the beachfront of Santa Monica, Calif.
METRO Magazine spoke to LA Metro's CEO about some of the changes at Metro, as well as some of the agency’s recently launched projects and his transformative agenda for the notoriously car-friendly county.
Respondents also report saving money on transportation after joining and having the freedom to go “where they want, when they want,” according to a joint press release.
The contract also includes providing paratransit services using 112 SFTMA vehicles. Transdev employs more than 200 people in San Francisco and the Brisbane Operations Center located south of the city.
In the study, “The Hidden Traffic Safety Solution: Public Transportation,” authors reveal that transit-oriented communities are five times safer because they have about one-fifth the per capita traffic casualty rate (fatalities and injuries) as automobile-oriented communities.
The City of Kirby will be among the first in VIA’s 14 member cities to feature solar-powered lights installed in nine new VIA bus shelters.
Under the program, MetroAccess customers will have the choice of booking a ride on the same day they need it, a significant improvement from the current MetroAccess requirement that trips be booked 24 hours in advance
The selection committee's unanimous vote for Transit App echoes the sentiment of the tens of thousands of Boston transit riders already using it every day.
The new seating option delivers increased legroom, while also maximizing passenger comfort.
Sixty one projects in 41 states, the Virgin Islands, and Indian Country will receive a share of nearly $211 million to replace, rehabilitate, and purchase transit buses and related equipment, and construct bus-related facilities.
This new process seeks to streamline the program by outlining specific activities in which community groups can engage, providing an online application form and offering detailed selection criteria to help guide proposals.
Will deliver innovative digital solutions to open new public transit access for Tampa residents needing a ride.
First Transit is teaming up with CommuteStream to push more relevant and targeted monthly advertisements to the mobile devices of riders on public transit.
University of of Alberta professors calculated that the use of flywheel technology to assist light rail transit in Edmonton, Alberta, would produce energy savings of 31% and cost savings of 11%.
The agency added 25 new fare inspectors or transit agents on its system and saw fare evasion dropped from 15.5% in May to 5.1% in August.
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