LADOT Making Changes to Better Serve Transportation Needs of Women in the Region
The changes are taking place as a result of a landmark report, “Changing Lanes: A Gender Equity Transportation Study."
The changes are taking place as a result of a landmark report, “Changing Lanes: A Gender Equity Transportation Study."
The company surveyed 9,000 adults in nine countries.
As millions of Americans are preparing to return to offices and downtown business districts since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the study ranked the cities where commuters may encounter fewer problems and where headaches may be the worst.
The contract with Inter-Con Security is for three base years with an option to extend for an additional two years and will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2022.
Approval of this set of actions marks the culmination of a 14-month effort that began in May 2020 when the Task Force accepted a three-stage mission to help the Bay Area transit network adjust to new conditions created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Throughout 2021 and 2022, the MTA expects to put more than 800 new buses into service with more flexible seating options in the priority and courtesy seating area designed to accommodate diverse customer needs.
The survey was designed to better understand attitudes and perceptions about self-driving and ride hailing services.
The decision comes as the city is experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases of the deadly and highly transmissible Delta variant.
Luminator to use Grignard Pure to kill 98% of COVID-19 airborne virus particles.
The agency expanded its safety oversight capabilities in 2019, when it established an internal Safety Risk Management process to identify, assess, mitigate, and monitor safety concerns impacting the transit industry.
Service has been suspended since May after a gunmen killed nine people at a VTA light rail hub before taking his own life.
The impact of the pandemic has not only created an urgent need to regain ridership, it has also presented a new opportunity: to rethink the passenger experience and the role of mass transit in promoting the health and well-being of our communities.
As a result of training, Jefferson employees have played a role in referring signs of human trafficking to law enforcement since 2017, resulting in multiple victims being freed.
Human trafficking — or modern-day slavery — is the exploitation of human beings through force, fraud, or coercion for the purposes of commercial sex or forced labor.
Robert L. Sumwalt, who began his tenure as the National Transportation Safety Board's 14th chairman in 2017, retired on June 30.
Like many transit agencies around the nation, the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) is implementing additional measures to promote social distancing onboard buses and at JTA facilities.
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