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Simulator training within the 'transit industry' is unique in its application as an affordable and necessary option. Those of you who feel that teaching bus operator basic skills on a simulator cannot be done are missing the boat! You are short-changing yourself and your operators. I firmly believe that basic skill development is its primary function and the most effective way to utilize your simulator when dealing with new hires.
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Schuylkill Transportation System took children throughout Schuylkill County on a tour designed to teach them about public transit.
Read More →Despite great strides in transit over the last century, the best may be yet to come.
Read More →The C-train concept, developed by Jacob Innovations, is an automated mass transit mode of elevated lightweight trains with seating room only. The design eliminates need for depots - via capability to travel on upper and lower wheels by switching vertically between tracks and be stored vertically above the tracks. The cTrain system can be built quickly and cheaply with exiting technologies.
Read More →The project is part of a multimodal rollout that includes tap-to-pay options on selected ferries and trams in the cities of Helsinki and Tampere.
Read More →Because one-third to two-thirds of all elderly people do not live or travel within the obligatory service corridors, study recommends expanding paratransit services to areas where elderly people are living without them.
Read More →While an audit found that one of every 10 light rail passengers may not be paying fares, Metro Transit reports 94% compliance on its Green Line and 97% compliance on its Blue Line. Moving away from an honor system and installing turnstiles could cost the agency $107 million, according to the report.
Read More →After seeing success with its discount bus-and-rail pass program with California State University San Marcos, the North County Transit District plans to start a similar pilot program with the University of San Diego.
Read More →The agency invited prime contractors, small businesses, and disadvantaged business enterprises to showcase future opportunities.
Read More →The 4.3-mile regional light rail extension will offer riders traffic-free travel between Northgate and downtown Seattle in 14 minutes.
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