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Newsby StaffOctober 4, 2016

Easterseals' initiative provides mobility access for seniors, people with disabilities

The initiative will begin in selected rural communities in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington, Montana and Alaska.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 15, 2016

Las Vegas RTC's Mobility Training Center wins APTA Innovation Award

Award honors a member that demonstrates innovative concepts or effective problem-solving techniques in the public transportation industry.

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Newsby StaffJuly 25, 2016

Program helps families talk driving with seniors, suggest alternatives

The American Occupational Therapy Association’s plan helps families identify signs that older drivers may become unsafe and makes suggestions to help seniors maintain mobility, such as using paratransit services and reduced transit fare programs.

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Newsby StaffMay 10, 2016

New MBTA app allows BRT riders to rate service

The app, named QualiT, allows individuals to anonymously share feedback with the T. The service is similar to ones provided on Uber and Lyft transportation systems, and provides crowd-sourced data to help improve service.

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ArticlesMay 2, 2016

St. Cloud Training Center Improves Paratransit Process

Prior to opening its $2.2 million facility, Metro Bus paid a health care agency to conduct the physical assessments. Now, trained staff performs applicant interviews and cognitive and physical assessments during one appointment, creating a cost savings of about $125 per assessment.

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Newsby StaffApril 4, 2016

Mass.'s PVTA finds remedy to save dial-a-ride services

Officials say using separate van fleets will improve the on-time performance for the paratransit trips with no changes in dial-a-ride service.

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NewsMarch 9, 2016

Rebuilding London’s rail terminals for the latest transport challenges

London is in the midst of a boom not seen since Victorian times. Both population and employment are rising fast. Former industrial areas are being reclaimed, while the urban area is constrained by an historic “green belt” put in place since the late 1940’s.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 11, 2016

RTC's new mobility center provides free public transit training

RTC specialists can teach clients — in a group or one-to-one setting — how to use public transit safely and efficiently in a contained environment that simulates the outdoors.

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Newsby StaffDecember 16, 2015

EXCLUSIVE: The challenge of a new taxi business models - A London perspective

A number of years ago, there was some stirring of change via the rise of mobile (cell) phones and changes in customer views of the availability of choice and information. Then, Uber began to definitively arrive on the scene.

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Newsby StaffAugust 5, 2015

L.A. Metro creates 'Innovative' office to champion ideas for improved mobility

The small OEI team will consult with some of the best and brightest minds in local, national and international academia, along with those in the nation’s transportation and policy think tanks and senior transportation veterans.

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