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The first two integrations are with Calif.'s Transportation Authority of Marin and the Big Blue Bus in Santa Monica.
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The recent rise of “mobility on demand” services like Uber and Zipcar has shifted society’s understanding of transportation systems and how they operate. Governments, advocates, and communities are responding by experimenting with their relationships to these services to ensure that on-demand options work with transportation networks to benefit public mobility.
Read More →The Sahara Express, set to begin service on May 20, will feature new solar-powered transit shelters, ticket vending machines, wider sidewalks, elevated station platforms and enhanced landscaping. The agency received $34.4 million in TIGER grants for the project.
Read More →Weekend rail ridership was especially strong, soaring 18% as riders embraced expanded access to jobs, entertainment, dining, and cultural destinations, said the agency. Total system ridership for May, including bus and rail, was 26,966,657.
Read More →Mobile lifts have many advantages. Not the least of those advantages is the ability to move the columns from one bay to the other and even to use the mobiles outside. However, one of the major encumbrances of mobile lifts is the fact that cables lay on the ground and get in the way of personnel and shop equipment. Now, Stertil Koni has perfected the mobile lifts by eliminating the need for cables forever.
Read More →The Regional Transit Authority discovered that many cards were still being used after the person to whom the card was issued had died. People also are abusing the program by improperly using cards issued to other seniors or to low-income disabled individuals.
Read More →In approving the spending reduction plan, the board acknowledged the measures might be nothing more than a one-year patch for the underfunded transit system.
Read More →President Barack Obama nominated Deborah Hersman for a second term on June 28, 2011. She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday.
Read More →According to multiple reports, authorities confirmed the identity of the gunman as a 57-year-old VTA employee.
Read More →The chief administrator will focus on the fiscal health of the organization, enabling the general manager to focus on improving service for customers.
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