Strategic objectives include managing risks, protecting customers, contractors and employees, and minimizing impact on the environment; cultivating an empowered, customer-focused workforce; and effective, efficient asset management that delivers reliable services in a state of good repair.
Leap Transit, a new private shuttle service featuring leather seats, Wi-Fi and a cashless payment system, launched in mid-May.
Executive board voted 5 to 0 in favor of establishing the agency’s first ever in-house management team and to amend the agency’s contract with Veolia Transportation. Will transition most of the current management team to Foothill Transit’s employ. The change is expected to save the agency approximately $1 million a year.
Additionally, 40% of attendees were first-time participants, and there was a sharp increase in sponsorship with 30% more companies participating and, of the 50-plus participating sponsors, at least 20 of them were new.
After first releasing its schedule data in the industry-standard GTFS format to developers in 2009, the MBTA jumped to the forefront of sharing real-time transit data by making live location and prediction data for all 1,000 buses available to developers in 2010.
Outperformed the competition on the interior noise tests with impressive results and got to the finish line with a clean slate on the body structure.
Commuters are able to send a text to a short code and receive the latest information on when the next bus will depart or possible delays incurred along certain routes.
An Allison-equipped hybrid test vehicle was used in the 12-meter bus competition, characterized by APTA as the “ultimate test of a bus operator’s driving skills.”
Victoria Arlen, who was recently chosen to participate in the 2013 International Paralympic Committee Swimming World Championships, will appear in Q’Straint ads in national trade publications.
All telephone numbers, faxes and email addresses will remain unchanged, and the company will maintain its current mailing address.
NTSB officials said late Tuesday that the collision occurred at a private crossing where the only marking was a stop sign.
The Oakland City Council approved a consultant contract to study the viability of an extended free shuttle route and electric streetcar system. Until 1958, the city had a streetcar system that brought passengers to ferries or commuter rail lines to San Francisco.
Won UITP’s award for Intermodal Innovation for Latin America for its Innovia Monorail 300 system for the São Paulo Metro. The monorail’s advantages include its high passenger capacity combined with the fact that the system is cost effective to introduce as it does not require major infrastructure or civil works.
One candidate is interim CEO Jeffrey Arndt, who took over after the departure of Keith Parker, who left to head up Atlanta's MARTA.
Ridership on the system was up 4.3% overall compared to the same month last year, with the MARC Penn Line leading the surge.
media brand
The secure and easy all-access connection to your content.
Bookmarked content can then be accessed anytime on all of your logged in devices!
Already a member? Log In