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Would require rail transit agencies and SSOAs to work together to understand the significant risks of death, injury, and property damage associated with stop signal overruns; establish mitigations to reduce the risks; and monitor the implementation and effectiveness of the mitigations.
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The friendly competition between the two countries encourages transit providers to deploy a new generation of non-polluting buses.
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The findings have a range of uses and implications. State departments of transportation, metropolitan planning organizations, and transit agencies can apply the evaluations to performance goals related to congestion, reliability, and sustainability.
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Transportation agencies get too focused on vehicle types and moving trains and forget that the customer just wants to get where they want to go, easily, consistently, and quickly, an expert says.
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The pilot app offers a three-day, $11 unlimited pass usable across Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority and Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority bus lines.
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...as a transportation planner who has worked on bus rapid transit-style systems in the greater Washington region, I’ve noticed a disconnect in the public’s expectations versus the reality of the systems they’re getting. It got me wondering: do people have an accurate picture of what BRT means or the benefits the systems provide? During public-planning sessions, I’ve heard a lot of feedback on BRT. The gist is, “That’s really nice that the bus is a different color and the station platform is fancy, but I just want it to be on time.”
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The transit agencies whose planning projects were selected include Santa Clara VTA, RTD Denver, and the cities of Phoenix and Milwaukee.
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The announcement was made by Acting Administrator Carolyn Flowers at the 22nd National Rural and Intercity Bus Conference in Asheville, N.C.
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After acts of terrorism — domestic or international — law enforcement agencies are almost always asked: “How are you ‘ramping up’ your security efforts?”
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Innovations in mobile surveillance technology have led to higher-quality video and a wider range of options for fleet operations. High-definition video gives transit agencies detailed footage of incidents, and improvements in memory and storage have made it much more cost-effective for operations to use these solutions.
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