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Newsby StaffNovember 21, 2017

LA Metro teams to bring shared rides to select train stations

The project will be supported in part by a $1.35 million from Mobility on Demand Sandbox grant from the Federal Transit Administration FTA.

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Transit Dispatchesby Alexander BondNovember 7, 2017

‘Precarious’ Transit Workforce Needs Data, Research to Help Fill the Void

As experienced workers retire, the pool of people to hire away has dried up. In recent years, it has become clear that talent needs to be developed rather than poached.

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Transit Dispatchesby Paul J. LarrousseSeptember 20, 2017

The Transit Industry's Workforce Challenge is Still Real

Where are we today with the great anticipated retirement wave? It looks like it may finally be starting, if not fully underway. It seems at least a couple times each month we here of a transit CEO who is retiring, technical staff who are leaving, and the difficulty in filling maintenance and operations positions with skilled workers for those who have retired.

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ArticlesMay 3, 2017

UITP Brings Modern Mobility Message to Montréal

Key topics to be covered include autonomous vehicle technology and new transport services and their potential to redefine how transit authorities plan and improve public transport.

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Newsby StaffApril 6, 2017

Eno Center CEO to give keynote address at UITP Summit

Robert Puentes is responsible for overseeing a range of projects concerning innovation and the development of urban mobility.  

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Newsby StaffJune 13, 2016

L.A. Metro chief receives Eno Center award

The distinguished Wilber S. Smith Friends of ENO award, honoring individuals who have given years of extraordinary support and service to transportation.

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Newsby StaffOctober 21, 2015

Boyden to conduct search for new Eno Center president/CEO

Tim McNamara, Boyden’s global transportation sector leader and managing partner, Washington, D.C., will lead the search, assisted by Linda Kearschner, principal of Boyden Washington, D.C.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 30, 2015

L.A. Metro announces first chief innovation officer

Metro CEO Phillip Washington taps nationally recognized transportation expert Dr. Joshua L. Schank to head newly created office of extraordinary innovation.

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Newsby StaffOctober 13, 2014

Improving Transportation Performance: Time to Focus on Operations

Two potential improvements would be cutting spending to match revenues or increasing revenues to match spending, but Congress continues to avoid these hard choices. Their de facto policy of leaping from crisis to crisis is the worst of all worlds, as funding continues to be inadequate and grantees have little assurance of stability in federal funding.

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ArticlesNovember 15, 2012

Pub Perspective: Greater Opportunities for TOD

Upon first glance, it might seem as if the new federal transportation law, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century, was a setback for transit oriented development.

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