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Held in Toronto in November, the annual exhibit, held in conjunction with the Canadian Urban Transit Association Fall Conference, attracts more than 1,000 decision-makers in the transportation industry.
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Statistics for the first six months of 2011 show an increase of 4.93% as compared to the same January to June period in the previous year, according to the Canadian Urban Transit Association.
Read More →Increase of 4.1 percent nationally over the previous year, represents an all-time record with 1.9 billion trips taken.
Read More →The articulated bus features include a modular ceiling panel — which diffuses indirect lighting — work tables in the rear, sconces, space saving back rests, redesigned driver partition, and floor-to-ceiling vertical stanchions.
Read More →The BidWeb module is designed to give transit employees greater control in the bid process by leveraging Web functionality to improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of roster assignment bids, vacation bids, and vacation replacement bids.
Read More →Company honored by CUTA for exceptional system performance of its intelligent transportation technology on Translink's buses during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, B.C.
Read More →Two low-floor Bombardier Flexity streetcars, carried over 550,000 passengers, and made over 13,000 one-way trips with zero equipment failures, zero station delays and zero injuries, according to company officials.
Read More →Transit Vision 2040 predicts that ridership levels will grow by 86 percent between now and 2040. Without a coordinated and strategic approach, transit systems across Canada will be unable to make their full contribution to quality of life.
Read More →Aimed as strategy to meet current and future needs related to infrastructure expansion and renewal, as well as the creation of new transit systems.
Read More →CUTA's most recent national infrastructure survey reported a $40.1 billion need for public transit capital investment for the period 2008-2012. The association also continues to advocate for the implementation of a National Transit Strategy that includes dedicated long term funding to support transit needs in communities of all sizes across Canada.
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