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Transit Dispatchesby Timothy MenardNovember 20, 2024

Modernizing Urban Transportation: The Funding Challenge and Innovative Solutions

Transportation infrastructure serves as the backbone of any thriving city, facilitating the movement of people and goods that drive economic growth and enhance quality of life.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsSeptember 20, 2024

Biz Briefs: Modeshift, YLT, and Balfour Beatty

Biz Briefs features the latest partnerships in the public transit and motorcoach industries.

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Newsby StaffJune 17, 2024

INIT/Mattersoft Launch Central Traffic Signal Priority Project in Denver

The innovative pilot empowers smart traffic control, resulting in improved schedule adherence and better on-time vehicle performance, according to the company.

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Newsby StaffOctober 23, 2019

RideKC announces start date for new BRT route

The new route will inject $56 million worth of street and sidewalk upgrades, transit stop infrastructure, and advanced technology along a 10-mile corridor.

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Newsby StaffJuly 8, 2019

Calif. city launches new 'smart' signal priority system for mass transit

Reduces traffic signal delays, and uses AI to anticipate users’ arrivals at signalized intersections and then request priority.

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Newsby StaffJune 17, 2019

PSTA lands $4M grant for BRT project

With faster, more reliable service, PSTA projects ridership to increase to 5,000 rides a day.

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Newsby StaffApril 23, 2019

Chicago launches program to prioritize bus service on popular routes

Mayor Emanuel allocated $5 million toward unsnarling bus slow zones at bottlenecks and pinch points to improve service.

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Newsby StaffMarch 28, 2019

'Bus Only' traffic signals coming to 6 D.C. intersections

The technology, known as "queue jump," is part of a package of improvements designed to speed bus trips and keep service on time.

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Newsby StaffNovember 5, 2018

Montgomery County, Md. breaks ground on BRT corridor

Starting in 2020, the 14-mile, 11-station BRT will run between Burtonsville and downtown Silver Spring

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Newsby StaffNovember 28, 2017

NY MTA buses lost 100 million passenger trips since 2008, report says

The average New York City Transit bus travels 7.4 miles per hour along its local, SBS, and express routes — slowest among the seventeen largest bus companies in the nation, according to a city comptroller report.

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