
STraffic Expands North American Presence with Fare Collection Technology
Deck: John Moon, Associate Director, Product Strategy at STraffic, discusses the company's growth in North America, its efforts to reduce fare evasion, and more.
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Deck: John Moon, Associate Director, Product Strategy at STraffic, discusses the company's growth in North America, its efforts to reduce fare evasion, and more.
Read More →The $1.2 billion, 11-mile extension to the region's light rail system is expected to increase transit ridership by 20,000 boardings a day. The voter-approved project has half of the funds dedicated from the TransNet half-cent sales tax.
Read More →In June, the board began considering how to use the surplus and proposed using about half, or $2.3 million, for a short-term fare reduction. The two fare reduction options that are under consideration were cutting fares by 3 percent for four months, or by 5 percent for three months.
Read More →System includes five light rail and subway lines spanning 79 miles of track. Trains carry on an average weekday more than 327,000 boardings.
Read More →Several employees won awards at this year’s National Meeting & Training Conference in Cleveland. Loretta Kirk, RTA’s Deputy General Manager, won COMTO’s Thomas G. Neusom Founders Award for her dedication to the growth and development of minorities in the transportation industry.
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Parkmobile enables riders to pay with a smart phone application or by sending a text message or making a call from any cell phone.
Read More →Jim Beil, Caltrans deputy district director of Capital Outlay Programs, will begin his new post at OCTA on Aug. 16. Will be responsible for directing the delivery of highway, rail and transit capital projects.
Read More →Customer watchdog Passenger Focus’ results show that some travelers preferred to wait in line to speak to ticket office staff, despite ticket machines standing empty.
Read More →The vending machines, which are from Time Inc. and serviced by The Classic Group, dispense magazines such as People, Time, Sports Illustrated and Entertainment Weekly.
Read More →Of the money for the loans, $1 million will come from reserves from the Metropolitan Council, which is building the $957 million, 11-mile line.
Read More →While most of the backlog can be attributed to rail, more than 40 percent of the nation's buses are also in poor to marginal condition.
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