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Transit DispatchesAugust 25, 2020

Making the Case for GTFS Real-Time Fare Integration

Cal-ITP was created by the California State Transportation Agency and its partners to facilitate easy and accessible travel planning and payments across the state and recommends that transit agencies implement GTFS in the real-time mode to provide more frequent updates to train and bus schedules.

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Newsby StaffJune 4, 2019

Palm Tran expands statistics feeback program

Initiative will grant PT-Stat team leaders another opportunity to express ideas and updates on a weekly, rather than monthly, basis.

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Newsby StaffJune 25, 2012

N. American transportation stats agreement signed

With the new agreement, the U.S., Canada and Mexico intend to increase collection and sharing of commonly understood and comparable transportation data and statistics for data-driven planning and performance measurement to improve cross-border integrated transportation planning and operations.

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Newsby StaffApril 25, 2012

Port Authority of N.Y./N.J. launches activity index

PA Pulse will combine monthly totals of rail and bus mass-transit users; aviation passengers; vehicle movements; and air, truck and sea cargo, providing a cross-section of transportation activity at the region’s key gateways and interstate crossings, which can be compared on a month-by-month basis.

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Newsby StaffApril 11, 2012

MBTA rail ridership in R.I. lower than hoped

While more passengers are using the commuter rail line between Providence and Rhode Island's main airport, ridership is not as high as anticipated when the line began operating in 2010.

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Newsby StaffMarch 11, 2011

OLI: Rail crossing collisions rose in 2010

The nonprofit cites FRA statistics, which indicate 2,004 vehicle-train collisions in the U.S. in 2010, up 4.2 percent from the 1,924 incidents in 2009. The collisions resulted in 260 deaths and 810 injuries, with crossing deaths up 5.3 percent and crossing injuries up 9.8 percent.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 20, 2010

LaHood unveils 2009 distracted driving fatality, injury numbers

In a Sunday op-ed for the Orlando Sentinel, Secretary LaHood revealed the latest statistics, but cautioned that researchers believe the epidemic of distracted driving is likely far greater than currently known.

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