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Transit Dispatchesby Amos HaggiagAugust 3, 2020

5 COVID-19 Lessons to Make Public Transportation Better

Many of the old ways of doing business in the transit world are now in flux. Funding is not as stable as it was, ridership dropped, and full bus occupancy, once a measure of success, is now a thing to be avoided.

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NewsJuly 31, 2020

TransLink Highlights Opportunities to Speed Metro Vancouver Buses

Staff have worked with municipalities to ensure the identified opportunities have considered local businesses and, are in many cases, win-wins for both transit and local retail areas.

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ArticlesJuly 31, 2020

How Passenger-Interaction Training Can Help Prevent Bus Operator Burnout

Training and education on interacting with vulnerable populations, would improve both the operator and the passenger experience.

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NewsJuly 30, 2020

San Luis Obispo Breaks Ground on Stantec-Designed Facility

The 27,500-square-foot operations and maintenance facility will include parking for up to 67 public transit vehicles, as well as 84 visitor and employee vehicles, and will include five repair bays, parts storage, and locker rooms.

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Transit DispatchesJuly 21, 2020

How National Branding Could Boost Transit's Image

What if every single city or state had their own way of managing traffic with versions of solid/dotted/colored lines, sign shapes, and signal lights, and none of them followed a standard convention? As we consider many aspects of public transportation across the country, this scenario is somewhat the reality.

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NewsJuly 16, 2020

Va.'s PRTC Awards 5-Year Operations Contract to Keolis

The contractor will begin operating the OmniRide service Nov. 1 and has already begun changeover activities to ensure a smooth transition that will be invisible to riders.

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NewsJune 26, 2020

SEPTA Approves Fare Restructuring Plan

The plan has remained focused on equity, affordability, and ease-of-travel for customers, even as the financial challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic mounted.

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Newsby StaffJune 3, 2020

Mich.'s Dean Trailways mobilizes to transport COVID-19 materials, workers

To aid those in need, the operation applied for temporary emergency operating authority through the FMCSA and received emergency declaration.

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Newsby StaffMay 29, 2020

CapMetro resuming fares, adding safety shields

The agency will also introduce its Workforce Aid Pass, valid for the month of June.

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NewsMay 29, 2020

Metra outlines plans as Chicago area begins to reopen

The agecny is asking for all passengers to cooperate and take responsibility for their own actions.

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