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The American Public Transportation Association and Transit Center have released reports addressing the workforce shortage and challenges in hiring and retaining bus operators. Here are the results and how to face those challenges head-on.
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Uber Transit Ticketing will enable riders across San Antonio and Bexar County to buy tickets and ride within the Uber app.
Read More →Solution includes a number of in-vehicle technologies for nearly 250 paratransit, fixed route and supervisory vehicles, integrated with CATA's existing back-office scheduling, dispatching, traveler information and operations management solutions.
Read More →The steady decrease in available bus service has already changed the way that Carnegie Mellon students travel, with the university's shuttles and escort buses giving 40,000 more rides in 2011 than they did in 2009, according to campus officials.
Read More →For a second straight year, METRO highlights some of the various ways in which consultants provide support and expertise to a wide range of transit-related projects.
Read More →To meet growing demand for public transit here, authorities plan to add 109 miles of subway track to the city’s underground network by 2015, and expand city bus lanes by 86 miles.
Read More →The $36 million project begins clearing VTA-owned railroad right-of-way for a north/south transit corridor, the planned alignment for the future BART extension to the South Bay.
Read More →The binding decision calls for contributions from the members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192 to their health and benefit plans, work rule and holiday changes, and will help the district reduce its protected deficit by approximately $38 million over the term of the contract.
Read More →The funding comes from the TIGER grant program created in 2009 to fund projects that are of regional economic importance and that help create and save jobs.
Read More →As ridership is decreasing nationwide, many agencies are concentrating on developing a multimodal approach to better tie in first, last-mile options with bus services serving as the backbone.
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