Superior, Wis., just across the border from Minnesota and home to a veterans clinic, could become the first city in the state to provide free public transportation to disabled American veterans. Minnesota passed a law allowing free rides for vets last year.
Software system helped CDTA combine three call centers into a single platform through Zeacom's Communication Center, and connect all five of its office locations. Customer satisfaction went from 34 to 87 percent.
The assumption is that a person making a switch to public transportation would likely purchase an unlimited pass on the local transit agency, typically available on a monthly basis.
Will enable anyone to search for a project in the 2010-2014 Capital Program by keyword; project category; MTA agency; project phase (planning, design, construction or complete); or by location where an interactive map, powered by Google, will list projects within a geographical area.
When running at full capacity, this facility will be able to turn out hundreds of conversions each year, according to the company.
The 140,000-square-feet of show floor will feature the latest vehicles and products on the market today, while alternative fuels, university transit topics and driver safety will be discussed during educational sessions.
All of the industry's sectors need to work together to make the case for additional public transportation investment and service.
The Philadelphia-based design and fabrication company is working with New Jersey Transit on a pilot program to test two different designs - a hinged-door and sliding-door model - on two different buses.
Roughly 14 percent of transit buses currently on the road run on natural gas. Demand is growing, according to industry experts, with natural gas engines specified for about 25 percent of all new bus orders.
The Texan city prides itself on a track record of highly involved neighborhoods and history of Smart Growth initiatives as key contributors to its high quality of life. Several years ago, in anticipation of opening its first commuter rail line - Capital MetroRail, which began service in March - the city began TOD planning for the areas surrounding three key stations.
This economic train wreck may be avoided if business leaders, transit riders, local elected officials and others rise up and demand that politicians inside the Beltway stop the nonsense and enact the sensible federal transportation law that is long overdue.
Compared to the previous facility in Ontario, Calif., the move increased the warehouse space by almost 30 percent.
The agency hopes to have an all-hybrid bus fleet in place by FY2015/2016.
The AirportLink is a 2.4-mile extension of Miami-Dade Transit's Metrorail, an elevated 22.6-mile rail line that serves downtown Miami, as well as communities in southern and northern Miami-Dade County.
Approach will be more frequent and flexible and will be deployed at more locations, offering greater coverage systemwide.
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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