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New Orleans RTA Unveils ADA Streetcars
The three new streetcars are equipped with wheelchair lifts at the front and rear of each car. The agency also modified 12 of its streetcar line stops to be ADA compliant.
The three new streetcars are equipped with wheelchair lifts at the front and rear of each car. The agency also modified 12 of its streetcar line stops to be ADA compliant.
The course features 29 programs that comply with the latest FTA requirements for a Public Transit Agency Safety Plan.
The document details the agency’s progress in four key areas: fiscal responsibility and operational accountability, ridership, safety and security, and creative partnerships.
Connect Rider, is part of the family of products from ParaPlan Software, which was purchased by Passio in May 2019.
The design will allow it to fit into any standard transit garage with no major infrastructural electrical upgrades.
The vehicle will be used for Bruinaccess, a complimentary paratransit service provided by UCLA for qualified individuals curb to curb rides from most points on or near campus.
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.
N.C.’s Greensboro Transit Agency partnered with several local, state, and national non-profit and government organizations to outfit one of its transit buses as a mobile resource center for America's Heroes.
The agency has won APTA's award for agencies providing 20 million or more passenger trips annually twice in the last five years.
The plan introduces three new services: a commuter service — the 10 Commuter Link; microtransit known as SunRide; and Route 1X the first east-to-west express line.
The new service, called TD Tampa Bay, will allow qualified riders to schedule on-demand, cross-county trips through the agency’s five county region.
The RideKC Navigator mobile app is a custom platform to help individuals with vision impairment or blindness navigate select transit stops.
The Hop Fastpass is a regional, account-based system shared by TriMet, C-TRAN, and Portland Streetcar, and provides cross-state services within the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan region.
StarTran teamed with Spare to launch an on-demand microtransit program during the pandemic, while NEORide and Masabi brought mobile ticketing to 15 transit agencies in Ohio and Kentucky.
Crossroads Connect will help close the first-, last-mile transportation gap in the underserved service zone by linking passengers to Bellevue’s Rapid B line as well as other King County Metro buses.
N.C.’s Greensboro Transit Agency partnered with several local, state, and national non-profit and government organizations to outfit one of its transit buses as a mobile resource center for America's Heroes.
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