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Broward County Transit (BCT) was named the 2008 Urban Community Transportation System of the Year for its efforts in improving service to its paratransit customers and serving the community by the Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA).
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$1 billion of stimulus investment in transportation infrastructure supports 28,000 jobs. $12 billion in new transit funding would create more than 330,000 new jobs.
Read More →The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act requires transit agencies in the province to equip their buses, by 2017, with electronic systems that externally announce route, direction, destination or next major stop information as a pre-boarding announcement to riders waiting at stops.
Read More →Includes investing $1 billion to enhance access to transit services, including delivery of the OC Streetcar and expanding Metrolink.
Read More →As unemployment numbers grow in the midst of the recession, transit ridership numbers have dipped. To help boost ridership, transit agencies are developing marketing campaigns and promotions, partnering with local businesses and sports teams, and implementing employee discount programs, with much success.
Read More →Most recently served as CEO of the company’s Nassau County, N.Y., the largest contracted transit system in the U.S.
Read More →First Transit is teaming up with CommuteStream to push more relevant and targeted monthly advertisements to the mobile devices of riders on public transit.
Read More →Mike Scanlon, CEO, San Mateo County Transit District, volunteered to sacrifice part of his $400,000 compensation package, since the three transit agencies he runs are undergoing serious budget problems. However, board members defended the salary, which they had approved.
Read More →The agency is considering eliminating all discounted and free passes in its plan to switch from flat fees to distance-based fares. One-third of University of Utah students and staff use free transit passes.
Read More →Student groups in the forms of the student Senate, board, Resident Housing Association and advisory committees work closely with transit planners on routes, frequencies, and levels of service.
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