Digital technology helps vision impaired navigate London subway
The Wayfindr uses beacon technology to guide vision impaired people through and around urban environments using their smartphones.
The Wayfindr uses beacon technology to guide vision impaired people through and around urban environments using their smartphones.
Sam Vargas, owner of Rexburg Connect, told the Standard Journal that the company is planning to start providing transportation services to students at the beginning of the new year.
One of the recipients of the MV Transportation Scholarship designed a call station for SafeRide and SafeBus users.
Two doors on each bus will facilitate quicker loading and unloading for the more than 21,000 Sun Devils who ride the shuttles each week.
The new buses have one rear-facing securement and one forward-facing securement. The rear-facing system gives passengers with wheelchairs more independence.
The program, which started this summer and is still in the assessment stage, applies to seating at stations in Atlantic City, Hoboken, Newark and Secaucus.
New York's Transit Score ranking by Walk Score increased 2.9 points to 84.1 from 81.2 in the last published ranking in 2014.
The measure calls for spending approximately $205 billion on highways and $48 billion on transit projects over the next five years. It also reauthorizes the controversial Export-Import Bank’s expired charter until 2019.
The company, Commuter Ads patented a way to send 15-second audio and digital text-scroll commercials wirelessly to bus riders.
The transformation of this section of the BRT corridor, which traverses Davis Drive, includes wider streets, enhanced landscaping, and rapid transit stations designed for safety and comfort.
The new software enables transportation planners to quickly sketch out potential routes and understand the impacts on riders and budgets.
A look at some of the products on the BusCon 2015 Show Floor.
Several manufacturers unveiled new vehicles, including ABC Companies and Micro Bird Commercial, as well as those new to the U.S. market by Karsan and Indbus. All told, 145 exhibitors, with more than 50 new to the annual event, packed the show floor.
Support for increased public transportation funding, according to a survey conducted for APTA, was also seen across age groups and political affiliations, with some of the highest numbers among Millennials ages 18 to 34 (77%) and individuals age 65 and older (76%).
To offset the fare increase, Metro says it will let MetroLift customers use the fixed-route buses for free.
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