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Funding shortfalls have forced countless transportation agencies to increase fares, cut services and lay off workers. See how partnerships, non-traditional programs and belt-tightening strategies have helped ease the pain.
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Public transportation brings unique cleaning and disinfecting challenges because more than 34 million people utilize these services each weekday in the U.S.
Read More →In this edition, we spotlight the latest developments shaping the future of mobility.
Read More →In this Q&A, Doucet talks about how he was chosen for the job, the process of recording announcements and what he thinks about hearing his own voice on the train.
Read More →As communities nationwide shift their focus from response to economic recovery, transit agencies are supporting local efforts by increasing the availability of service.
Read More →More than 200 public transit agencies and organizations will come together to host various activities, events, and special promotions.
Read More →What a week for the East Coast! First, the region was rocked by a "surprise" 5.8 earthquake, now it is looking in the eye of Hurricane Irene — a "once-every-100-years event," which is expected to impact down south in the Carolinas all the way up to Maine. Through it all, public transportation has been there and plans to continue to be there to transport customers and help provide evacuation efforts.
Read More →Virtually every transit agency has a few angry customers, and I used to be one. I depended on transit and when it failed, it was maddening.
Read More →The partnerships include a new engineering scholarship fund at Alfred State College in Western New York and collaborations with transportation centers at the University of Pennsylvania and New York University.
Read More →The contract is a three-year agreement that includes the operation, maintenance and management of a fleet of 87 ADA paratransit buses serving the Newark area, including Essex, Union, Hudson, Somerset and Morris counties.
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