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RTC Teams Up with Local Child Celebrity to Thank Drivers
Five-year-old Justyn Boumah, a renowned author and chef, came up with the idea of thanking bus drivers with care packages he created himself.
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Five-year-old Justyn Boumah, a renowned author and chef, came up with the idea of thanking bus drivers with care packages he created himself.
While a great deal has been made of rebuilding international and local air travel over the last few months, a gradual return to commuter traffic is underway in many parts of the world. With a renewed focus on passenger health, rail travel is increasingly in the spotlight.
As CEO, Hendricks is responsible for all the company’s activities and operations in the U.S., which includes contracts for bus, paratransit, and rail in more than 200 cities and communities.
The agency’s fare free electric shuttle, AVA, will begin serving the public as part of a three-month pilot in downtown St. Petersburg.
Despite the headlines of the mass layoffs and consolidation, COVID-19 didn’t destroy micromobility. In fact, if the history of the internet is a guide, the third wave will be larger than ever.
Until now, HEPA-14 filtration systems have been large and unwieldy, and there were no retrofit units on the market that would universally fit existing ambulances, transit vehicles, school buses, and crewed work trucks.
Seventy-seven percent of respondents want to see more funding. Additionally, by a three-to-one margin, voters want to see action taken to fix public transit infrastructure.
The partnership builds upon regional transit operators’ comprehensive efforts to keep customers and employees healthy and safe throughout the pandemic.
In the spring, the national Department for Transport announced an “Emergency Active Travel Fund” to support local councils in reallocating road space for significant increases in the numbers of cyclists and pedestrians through the pending spring and summer periods.
The agency was named APTA’s Outstanding Public Transportation System for the first time in its 35-year history.