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The resulting improvements are centered in the area between Rocky Mount, N.C. and Petersburg, Va., and will improve service for both the Amtrak Carolinian line, which runs between New York City and Charlotte, N.C., and the Amtrak long distance trains that run between New York City and Florida.
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ATA Bus plans, manages, and operates fixed route and demand response service within Manhattan, Kansas.
Read More →Paper shows that public transit produces “agglomeration,” or, more people gathering in the same space, which draws more jobs, higher wages and economic productivity. The hidden economic value of a city’s transit system could be worth $1.5 million to $1.8 billion annually.
Read More →Nearly two years ago, the MBTA began to require that all applicants for The Ride attend an in-person evaluation, rather than mailing a lengthy application and a doctor’s note. Since the interview requirement began, only 22% of applicants have come from the oldest age brackets.
Read More →The buses are the first of 47 that will be delivered to the agency with the help of funding from the Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust.
Read More →Will display a 60-foot “articulated rubber tire vehicle,” brought in from Las Vegas for public events Agency has selected an “at grade” rapid transit system.
Read More →Ryan Larsen recently served as president of Ecolane, an innovative web-based software for managing paratransit. His previous roles include president and founder of Local Motion ITS Inc., and VP at DynTek.
Read More →Students and accompanying adults will ride free this Monday, which is the first day of Chicago Public Schools’ fall semester.
Read More →The authors’ findings focus on cyber literacy and procurement practices, the lifecycle of technology vis-à-vis transit hardware, and more.
Read More →Its contract with Bombardier calls for 35 cars to be delivered by the end of the year, but at this point BART has received just 10, and problems discovered during testing have already led to delays in delivering the rest of the cars.
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