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Watson and Finn addressed community questions, including how they would regain the public's trust and improve service, during a public forum
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Improvements include the formation of an advisory panel, adding a trip planner and Metropass vending machines, and SMS capability at all streetcar stops.
Read More →Speakers focused on current actions making the emerging technology of advanced mobility a reality, including specific accomplishments and successful public/private partnerships.
Read More →Plan will encourage legislation giving private sector broader opportunity to invest in transportation.
Read More →Mineta will serve in the transportation post during Bush's second term.
Read More →Mark Aesch, head of the RGRTA, opted not to extend his contract and will leave the transit authority at the end of 2011. He plans to pursue opportunities in the private sector.
Read More →While he did not give a reason for leaving the Administration, he did say that he is looking into opportunities in the private sector. LaHood served as an Illinois Republican congressman for 14 years.
Read More →One of the more drastic options has the private sector taking over Amtrak train operations and eliminating long-distance routes considered unprofitable.
Read More →Eighty percent of private sector businesses indicated that the level of federal investment in public transportation has a large influence on business revenue. Survey also showed that if federal surface transportation authorization is further delayed, 84 percent of respondents predict revenue losses, 50 percent may need to lay off employees and 49 percent may implement hiring freezes.
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