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METRO's Innovative Solutions Award winner replaces complex service-area descriptions with an accessible, interactive map that puts paratransit information directly in customers’ hands.
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With expected shift to more fuel efficient vehicles, it will be increasingly difficult to rely on the gas tax to raise the funds needed to improve and maintain nation’s surface transportation infrastructure.
Read More →Includes $10.231 billion in new budget authority for public transportation — a $740 million increase, or 7.8 percent, over last year’s level, but $106 million less than the level authorized in SAFETEA-LU.
Read More →Administration proposed five-year $5 billion high-speed rail state grant program. This funding will build on the $8 billion down payment in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Read More →Wheelchairs that are too heavy; too many wheelchairs; and transporting passengers in a non-sterile state were the major issues provided.
Read More →Features news updates, events calendar, vendor directory, industry links and is designed to be a clearinghouse of information that can help transit professionals stay up-to-date about developments and inform decision-making in all aspects of transit technology.
Read More →Course, designed specifically for commercial transportation officials, representatives of federal agencies, staff of non-governmental relief organizations and emergency managers, will focus on the understanding of how professionals can most effectively support the family assistance efforts within their organizations.
Read More →Information about Metro, upcoming events like scheduled track work and YouTube videos are posted on the page. RSS feeds show real-time information about Metrorail and Metrobus service disruptions.
Read More →The economic recovery legislation provides $8.4 billion for investments in public transportation projects and $9.3 billion for intercity rail projects.
Read More →Washington Post reports that the final amount of spending for highway, bridge and rail construction projects may be $49.6 billion, which is higher than what was originally proposed by both the House and Senate.
Read More →FirstGroup America – comprised of five business units: First Student, First Transit, First Services First Canada and Greyhound – is part of FirstGroup plc, a global transportation company that carries 2.5 billion passengers a year.
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