Uber launches wheelchair accessible service in D.C., after years of criticism
Instead of owning the wheelchair accessible vans, the ride-hailing app will access the vehicles already in circulation, driven by licensed Washington cab drivers.
Instead of owning the wheelchair accessible vans, the ride-hailing app will access the vehicles already in circulation, driven by licensed Washington cab drivers.
The 8,123 rides on Dec. 3 helped Metro Mobility record its busiest week on record, with an average daily ridership of 7,500.
The Lake Transit Authority board unanimously approved the pay raise after it heard the findings of a survey that asked what public transportation in similar counties were paying their workers.
The new record day was one of five days in October when ridership exceeded the prior year’s record, and was one of 15 weekdays with ridership above six million.
The opening of the Northwest light rail extension will ease travel to school, work and entertainment.
Expanding NJ Transit's County Yard and building a new five-mile-long track next to the Delco lead, a freight line that bisects the Jersey Avenue station parking lots, could prevent the kind of damage done to 343 railcars and locomotives during Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
Will result in an annual net benefit of more than $1 billion — largely by reducing the amount of required industry paperwork. It will also increase the efficiency of roadside law enforcement personnel in reviewing driver records.
The new bus comes without fareboxes, because passengers will be paying before they board and entering through either door to help speed service on the agency's new “arterial” rapid transit bus line.
Agency has expanded accessibility in stations, buses and trains with features like extra elevators, color-coded priority seating, more space for wheelchairs and walkers, tactile paths on platforms and bigger fonts on signage.
The local rail transit agencies and Operation Lifesaver programs will work together to produce educational projects utilizing the nonprofit organization’s “See Tracks? Think Train!” campaign, which was developed in partnership with the Association of American Railroads and the U.S. Department of Transportation.
The plan released also includes an expanded monorail that would connect the major convention centers and various roadway improvements.
The operators were weeks away from voting to form a union, and although both operators were union supporters, their representatives failed to prove that their support was what got them fired, the board found.
The idea of converting two CSX routes into commuter rail has created a lot of excitement recently, with numerous local officials ready to jump on board. Under the CSX proposal, the Florida Department of Transportation would own, maintain and dispatch the lines for commuter use.
The three finalists are Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's Stephanie Dawson, current RTD Interim GM/CEO Dave Genova and the Toronto Transit Commission's Richard Leary.
Both the UMA and the ABA thanked its members as well as staff who work on governmental affairs and legislation, with FAST Act highlights including taking a look at improving the CSA system and the maintaining of the charter bus rule .
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