The City of Poughkeepsie worked with Duchess County to consolidate their two transit systems. What were the lessons learned?
Benefits include the prospect of ensuring quality, safety, and efficiency of their service through more confidence in budget projections, more formalized data collection, and efficient reporting procedures.
Purchasing a new or used vehicle is a huge expense, so it’s important to understand why you need the new piece of equipment, how you will use it, and what financial information needs to be provided.
Soon after reaching my 20th year in the transit industry, back in 1993, after a draining day of addressing routine bus issues, I would cross paths with another employee, who I always remember, seemed to be quietly “doing his own little daily gig.”
As cities work to become more relevant to new generations and attract diverse visitors, ensuring transit systems’ naming and branding systems are well-designed will become increasingly important.
Making more sustainable choices for fuel, power and water can save big money.
What traits and skill sets are important to becoming a great public transportation leader? METRO surveyed more than 200 transit executives to find out. Being a skilled communicator and listener were the most commonly cited attributes.
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