During a three-year period (210-2014), the number of shuttle vehicles on Bay Area roadways jumped by more than 60 percent and ridership increased by 45 percent.
The smartphones are programmed with apps specially designed by Keolis with data on schedules, on-time performance and service disruptions.
The median income for a high-skilled worker in Silicon Valley is $119,000 a year, compared to $27,000 for low-skilled workers, according to a report from Joint Venture Silicon Valley, a regional think tank.
It's taken Apple until June of this year to get public transit directions up and running within its mapping service, but now that it has, it has all but rendered HopStop obsolete.
In the U.S., the planned launch cities are San Francisco and New York, while Toronto will be likely Canada’s sole representative. In Europe, Apple is said to be gearing up to first launch the feature in London Paris and Berlin.
The directions would offer the ability to plan trips, getting estimated travel times for bus, train and subway transit methods.
In addition, drivers who work the split shift, which requires them to drive routes in the morning and evening, will earn a higher hourly wage to make up for the downtime. Wages for drivers will rise 25 percent on average, depending on what they were making before and their seniority.
For years, Steve Jobs and company seem to have been our reliable guides to new technology and a better tomorrow. However, Apple’s decision to build a mammoth new headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. – miles from public transportation and adequate housing – amounts to a corporate denunciation of sustainability.
Users can utilize simple slide controls to input information about fixed costs such as monthly payments, insurance, taxes and others, as well as variable costs such as fuel costs, fuel economy, maintenance costs and mileage used.
Tablet use is not only rising in the general public, paratransit and human service transportation are also taking advantage of the convenience of the mobile devices.
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