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Title: Vice President, Program Management & Educational Service Organization: American Public Transportation Association City: Washington, D.C.
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Public service campaign brings together a coalition of government agencies and transportation safety organizations asking all Americans to take a pledge to agree not to use cell phones while driving. This includes texting and using only hands-free calling.
Read More →Over the years, the service has endured moves, budget cuts and the threat of being replaced by a bus. A proposal for a new arts center aims to move the train, which may threaten its future.
Read More →Seeing a canine passenger on mass transit is not uncommon, but the reasons why a dog might catch the train or hop a bus are varied (remember Eclipse, the Seattle Lab mix that uses the bus, often on her own, to get to the dog park?). Most public transit pooches are working —as K-9 officers or service animals. In the Philadelphia region, other animals — in approved carriers only—are permitted to ride the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority’s buses, trains and trolleys. However, a new pilot program underway by SEPTA allows registered therapy dogs volunteering at two Philadelphia hospitals to use two designated bus routes to travel to their sites.
Read More →Late-night and off-campus services appear to be the most popular among the systems surveyed. An increase in bus routes ran a close second. One university just unveiled a trolley service and another is planning a parking app.
Read More →The Metropolitan Council, which operates the service, expects the number of rides will climb to 2.9 million by 2020, about double what it was in 2010.
Read More →A modern, electric-powered railroad will provide quicker, more frequent service, which will attract more riders and generate more revenue. Revenue is projected to increase 49 percent by 2019, while operating costs remain flat.
Read More →To complete this work, Keen Independent Research will assess MTS’ current service delivery and collect input from riders, other local residents, and employees.
Read More →L.A. Metro is offering its Dodgers Stadium Express bus service for free to ticket holders, while Minneapolis’ Metro Transit brought fans to Target Field for the third year.
Read More →Working as a team, the three students developed PredictION, a transit modeling and routing application that helps citizens to visualize, analyze, and compare routes and service areas between existing and proposed transit systems.
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