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Protests in Brazil over fare hikes have sparked authors at The Economist and Slate magazine to put in their two cents on the future of fares. They contend that they are costly to collect and that transit systems may be more effective at cutting traffic congestion and improving service if they were fare-free. Could that ever happen in the U.S.?
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One of the larger operations within the NCDOT system and will be the first non-rural agency to participate. They will be using FleetFocus to track over 140 transit vehicles.
Read More →The focus of the program is to reduce the environmental footprint of a business and decrease the pollution and waste a business produces.
Read More →All telephone numbers, faxes and email addresses will remain unchanged, and the company will maintain its current mailing address.
Read More →PROTECT and FirstView allow transit authorities to monitor multiple chemical warfare sensors, distribute command and control responsibilities among agencies, and integrate Metro's hundreds of cameras into a manageable system.
Read More →One bill requires all new transit bus purchases starting in 2029 to be zero-emission buses, while the second would create contracting incentives for agencies to procure these buses from manufacturers that utilize labor from high-need communities within New York State.
Read More →The report concludes with six recommendations to leverage the new partnerships and flexibility necessitated by the COVID-19 era to durably improve access to opportunity.
Read More →Agencies can relay that information to their riders through passenger information systems or INIT’s DEPARTURESlive app and other third-party apps.
Read More →Because the system does not require complex aftertreatment systems, transit agencies benefit as a result of reduced maintenance and lower operations costs, according to the company.
Read More →By achieving this end-to-end production milestone at Powered 1, the company is expected to begin deliveries to customers of Proterra Powered™ battery systems from the new battery factory in the first quarter of 2023.
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