British Columbia students beat transit bus on foot
In a Beat-the-Bus competition, both a cyclist and a runner beat a TransLink bus in completing a 12-mile route. Students plan to argue that service must be improved.
In a Beat-the-Bus competition, both a cyclist and a runner beat a TransLink bus in completing a 12-mile route. Students plan to argue that service must be improved.
Launched last February to make volunteering easier for students who want to do community service and to work downtown, the route now includes stops at a high school and a Wal-Mart.
Dedicated loop connecting Bay County riders to Delta College and Saginaw State University should reduce wait times.
Provides parking, maps and traffic flow information for the general public for all UW home sporting events. Some changes have resulted from the voter-approved Sound Transit construction project.
Features 587 parking spaces, an elevator, vending machines, a waiting area and restrooms in the pavilion as well as 10 lockers for bicycles. Additional improvements were made during construction to areas adjacent to the facility for added pedestrian safety.
UW-Green Bay will reimburse the city $35,000. The subsidy is made possible with revenue from the sale of campus parking permits and by student leaders delegating a portion of their activity fees toward unlimited use of city bus services.
The football team's new 100,000-capacity stadium roused some critics' ire for its location in Arlington, a suburb that is America's largest city without mass transit.
The operations consist of 38 First Transit employees and the management of 15 vehicles for the Clinton County in Plattsburgh, with the service transporting more than 155,000 passengers annually.
The Natural Gas Coalition will hold a meeting and reception at the American Public Transportation Association's (APTA) 2010 Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, this October.
A new citywide strategic plan is playing a major role in changes being made at the Ontario-based Mississauga Transit. The transit system is rebranding its services, and adding a BRT line and 15 new hybrid vehicles to its fleet.
Cliff Henke, a contributing editor to METRO, is senior analyst at PB. His views herein are solely his own.
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