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In this conversation, TBC’s Executive Director Ed Redfern, President Corey Aldridge, and Washington Representative Joel Rubin outline the coalition’s key policy priorities, the challenges facing transit agencies, and how industry stakeholders can work together to strengthen the voice of bus transit at the federal level.
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The data also offers an opportunity for application developers, students and others in private industry to analyze or pursue infrastructure issues and opportunities.
Read More →Situated on the Colorado River and the Balcones Fault in Central Texas is one of the fastest growing areas in the country. With a population of approximately 2.1 million, the Austin metropolitan area is the region’s core cultural and economic center. Twenty-one years ago, forward-thinking local officials felt the area’s rapid growth would necessitate a rail passenger service in the future.
Read More →Municipal officials worldwide are leveraging advances in mobile, communications and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to build so-called “smart cities” to deliver services more efficiently and improve the overall quality of life for their residents. That work begins with the mass transit system.
Read More →How do you replace the institutional knowledge and subject expertise of a 40-year employee? You do it through succession planning, which is especially necessary in the transportation industry where senior level managers often have well over 25 years’ experience.
Read More →The program funds capital and planning expenses for alternative transportation systems, such as shuttle buses and bicycle trails, in national parks and public lands.
Read More →Support ranged from a high of 71% in New York to a low of 60% in Virginia.
Read More →Getting people like seniors, low-income earners and car-less people to COVID-19 vaccination centers safely and efficiently is a significant logistical challenge in many places. Without universal access to adequate fixed-route transit, pop-up microtransit can be an important tool in an agency’s arsenal.
Read More →The second international workshop shared insights and best practices for large-scale event preparedness and execution.
Read More →As public transit continues to grow in popularity in the U.S., advances in propulsion, software, ITS, fare collection and other areas will have a direct effect on ridership in the next decade.
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