Ronald L. Ester Jr. is responsible for strategic policy development, management, and oversight of safety programs — including construction safety and operational safety.
Many of the old ways of doing business in the transit world are now in flux. Funding is not as stable as it was, ridership dropped, and full bus occupancy, once a measure of success, is now a thing to be avoided.
Staff have worked with municipalities to ensure the identified opportunities have considered local businesses and, are in many cases, win-wins for both transit and local retail areas.
Training and education on interacting with vulnerable populations, would improve both the operator and the passenger experience.
The 27,500-square-foot operations and maintenance facility will include parking for up to 67 public transit vehicles, as well as 84 visitor and employee vehicles, and will include five repair bays, parts storage, and locker rooms.
What if every single city or state had their own way of managing traffic with versions of solid/dotted/colored lines, sign shapes, and signal lights, and none of them followed a standard convention? As we consider many aspects of public transportation across the country, this scenario is somewhat the reality.
The contractor will begin operating the OmniRide service Nov. 1 and has already begun changeover activities to ensure a smooth transition that will be invisible to riders.
The plan has remained focused on equity, affordability, and ease-of-travel for customers, even as the financial challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic mounted.
To aid those in need, the operation applied for temporary emergency operating authority through the FMCSA and received emergency declaration.
The agency will also introduce its Workforce Aid Pass, valid for the month of June.