Blogs
February 13, 2018 -
Safety Corner
Sleep loss leading to human fatigue is a serious issue affecting the safety of the traveling public in all modes of transportation. Simply defined, sleep loss is an inability to receive a proper amount and quality of sleep on a regular basis.
February 12, 2018 -
Transit Dispatches
"Public transit wastes my money." This is a fairly common argument to encounter when discussing public transportation. It’s easy to say this when looking at delays, faulty service, or drab trains and buses.
February 6, 2018 -
Safety Corner
I will be touching on the importance of proper documentation with regard to the basic skills performance of the student bus operator on the training bus.
January 23, 2018 -
Transit Dispatches
The Internet of Things and evolution of smart cities means that transportation is primed to undergo some rapid and disruptive changes in the near future.
January 17, 2018 -
Transit Dispatches
Over the last few months, we’ve talked about the resurgence of streetcars and explored recently completed projects across the country. So what’s next for modern streetcars? A number of expansions of existing systems are in various stages of planning and development ...
December 27, 2017 -
Safety Corner
I suspect you may be wondering what cheese has to do with safety? The connection is not so obvious. At least it wasn’t for me, until Steven Dallman of the Transportation Safety Institute introduced me to the work of Dr. James Reason and his Swiss Cheese Model of system failure.
December 20, 2017 -
Transit Dispatches
While physical assets and roadside infrastructure are a vital part of connected transportation systems, in many cities and states, it is the underlying technology network that is most lagging.
December 12, 2017 -
Transit Dispatches
As part of an initiative to improve bus travel for riders in Philadelphia, SEPTA and the City’s Office of Transportation and Infrastructure have partnered on the Greater Philadelphia region’s first direct bus route, the “Boulevard Direct.”
December 5, 2017 -
Transit Dispatches
After enjoying a long period of ridership growth and expansions of rail and bus networks, American transit has found itself in a mess. Transit ridership fell in all but two cities in 2016, local budgets are stagnant, and riders are demanding higher quality services. While there are some domestic examples of how agencies are innovating, agencies must begin looking beyond the border.
November 28, 2017 -
Transit Dispatches
On a Friday night, after class, one of my students was hit by a car, while riding her bike home. Fortunately, she was okay with just a few bruises, although her bike was mangled. This incident is par for the course, as we live in a city with no public transit...