UTA Works to Overcome 'Toughest Mile' Challenges
Outside of increasing the number of riders on the system, improving first/last mile solutions can improve connectivity and safety for transit users.
Outside of increasing the number of riders on the system, improving first/last mile solutions can improve connectivity and safety for transit users.
The department will work with residents and external stakeholders on multi-agency projects; integrate technology into transportation initiatives; and further prepare the city for "shared mobility" options.
The Global Public Transport Summit being held in Montréal this May will focus in total on seven key trends and themes affecting urban mobility, under the slogan “Lead the TRANSITion,” reflecting the rapid changes underway in urban mobility.
Later this year, the Tampa Connected Vehicle Pilot will begin equipping buses, streetcars, and privately-owned vehicles with technology that will enable them to communicate with each other and with traffic signals, crosswalks, and other elements of the transportation infrastructure.
The county would pick up $15 of the tab. With most paratransit rides five miles or fewer, county officials believe $15 likely would cover the entire bill.
The program allows customers to use a mobile application from a smartphone to hail a LyftLine driver to take themselves and other SMART riders, traveling in the same general direction, to and from work
The HART HyperLINK program partners with Transdev to provide direct connections from door to bus stop through an on-demand ride-hailing service similar to Uber,
The dynamic web tool shows the District’s state of mobility for surface transportation modes and outlines DDOT’s recommendations for managing and operating built infrastructure to meet growing demand.
The recommendations, which could affect hundreds of workers, are part of an internal report produced consultants hired by the agency.
The company has operated a portion of Denver RTD’s bus service since 2005.
To ensure these systems are working as efficiently and are as accessible as possible, an increasing number of college administrators are turning to apps and software platforms to help run these services.
Under the terms of the contract, which is for a seven-year base term with one three-year option, MV will be responsible for the operations of NCTD's BREEZE, FLEX, and LIFT services, serving an annual ridership of nearly eight million in 224 vehicles.
Operators report they have stepped up efforts to find drivers and growth of transportation network companies is starting to compete for the industry’s business.
Hailing it as the first step in developing one of the nation’s first fully integrated smart city ecosystems.
The agency is subsidizing the first $5 of a trip from a bus stop to their final destination, with the customer paying the rest, which with the zone setup will usually be around $1.
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