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Organization recognizes carriers for operational excellence, safety record, best practices, and community and industry involvement and engagement within the International Motor Coach Group.
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Matt Carpenter has more than 15 years of experience in the transit industry, including the past eight as CEO of Strathcona County Transit in the Edmonton area. He has a master's degree in urban planning from the University of Michigan, where he studied from 2001 to 2003.
Read More →The initiative will better inform FTA’s efforts in developing public transportation safety measures in the light of many reports of violence toward transit workers.
Read More →For many college engineering and architecture students, it’s probably a good bet that they have not given much consideration to careers in public transportation. Members of the SEPTA's Engineering, Maintenance and Construction Division have worked closely with Philadelphia-area university students to introduce them to job opportunities in the realm of mass transit.
Read More →The exhibition is designed to encourage the sharing of mobility best practices, develop innovation, and tackle the transition from private vehicles to sustainable mobility, especially in major cities.
Read More →The findings have a range of uses and implications. State departments of transportation, metropolitan planning organizations, and transit agencies can apply the evaluations to performance goals related to congestion, reliability, and sustainability.
Read More →Since January 1970, there have been 37 vehicle attacks on public surface transportation. Just under half, a total of 18, involved suicide drivers ramming vehicles packed with explosives into their targets, according to a new report.
Read More →“It’s our hope that our research findings will guide standards that will make buses more accessible to all,” says UB prof. Victor Paquet.
Read More →The study included a literature review, data collection and analysis, and an overview of reported public transit assault-related events, a discussion of contributing factors, and documentation of 10 public transit agency case study sites.
Read More →The entire MTA transportation network suffered an estimated $4.755 billion worth of damage as a result of Superstorm Sandy. To address the damage, NYC Transit set up dedicated staff in all departments to develop and implement a massive reconstruction and mitigation campaign.
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