Sentences with phrase «transit agencies»

This study describes the role of transit agencies in reducing GHG emissions and catalogs the current practices of a sample of agencies.

The assumption is that a person making a switch to public transportation would likely purchase an unlimited pass on the local public transit agency, typically available on a monthly basis.

You can file a complaint with your local transit agency and / or otherwise communicate with local agency staff.

A mass transit agency is legally obligated to ensure that its vehicles are properly maintained.

The budget language should encourage the MTA to initiate these self - help funding efforts, as major transit agencies in cities around the world have been doing for many years.

Provides transit agencies with information to compare the emissions and fuel economy expected from hybrid - electric transit buses with those expected from alternatively - fueled buses.

The guidelines provide details on how the race will be conducted and how transit agencies can join the race.

Public transit agencies have made an investment in clean buses.

Swiftly Transitime provides transit data to customer - facing apps (in the cities where it is deployed, Swiftly provides the data for Google Maps), while Swiftly Insights analyzes the data for transit agencies, using algorithms to identify where delays indicate significant problems or failures.

Swiftly works with transit agencies and cities worldwide to leverage the power of big data to improve transit.

The first morning of what officials warned would be an excruciating summer of travel, disrupted by the closings of several tracks at Penn Station for urgent repairs, was marked by ample alternative transportation options and guidance from transit agencies that resulted in a relatively smooth commute on buses, ferries and trains.

Since President Ronald Reagan signed legislation more than 30 years ago, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and other large transit agencies in the country have received automatic grants from gas taxes, with the MTA averaging $ 1 billion a year.

BTS Releases Updated National Transit Map - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released version two of the National Transit Map, a geospatial database containing information from hundreds of transit agencies that provides open, machine - readable data about their stops, routes, and schedules.

Police shut down the Yonge and Finch intersection following the incident and Toronto's transit agency said it had suspended service on the subway line running through the area.

APTA calculates the average cost of taking public transit by determining the cost of the average monthly transit pass of local public transit agencies across the country.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority commissioners raised concerns about rising costs and a lack of transparency at the nation's largest transit agency as they voted to increase spending on major projects by $ 800 million.

Simkin and his co-founders eventually realized that their data could also be used by transit agencies directly, and Swyft became Swiftly.

«This rule will help local transit agencies put well - tested, high - quality vehicles on the road, while streamlining the testing process.»

Partners with SunLine Transit Agency in this endeavor include Creative Bus Sales, CalStart, the Federal Transit Administration, the State of California Energy Commission, BAE Systems, ElDorado National, ENC, REV Vehicles for Life and US Hybrid.

And transit agencies around the world have been tying their GPS - tracked fleets into Internet systems that can tell riders when the next car is arriving.

On Bay Street, there are few powerbrokers as deeply entwined in the dual worlds of public and private business as Rob Prichard, the former law school prof who has held, by his own account, three of the most high - profile gigs in Toronto: president of the University of Toronto, CEO of Torstar, and, now, chair of Metrolinx, the provincial transit agency tasked with building $ 50 billion in new subways and LRT lines across Greater Toronto.

The amendment would redirect funding for the bus program to a separate program controlled by the Department of Transportation, which Katko said would «wreak havoc» on the country's most used transit agencies without providing increased funding certainty to agencies in other states.

PHILADELPHIA — Lawyers for an investigative reporting organization filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Philadelphia region's main transit agency after it refused to run ads about the group's stories on racial disparities in mortgage lending.

Putting people near transit (and vice-versa) boosts ridership, and many transit agencies talk about transit - oriented development.

When you view alerts, you can also quickly access various transit agency Twitter feeds for the most up - to - date information.

Pending Senate confirmation, the new MTA leader will assume control of an unwieldy and calcified transit agency with a $ 15 billion operating budget that provides more than 2.7 billion trips a year.

On July 1, 2014, Transportation Secretary Foxx sent a «Dear Colleague» letter to transit agencies advising them that DOT will implement cash management procedures for the Highways Account of the Highway Trust Fund.

Through this collaborative and friendly competition, R2ZE encourages transit agencies to incorporate new generations of advanced, non-polluting ZEBs into their fleets and onto streets in the United States and China.

Facilitators: As the facilitators of the R2ZE, DOT and MOT will oversee and coordinate the enrollment of respective transit agencies / cities.

Boyhood interests in trains and electronics fostered Mark's career as an electrical engineer, designing and commissioning signal and communications systems for railroads and rail transit agencies across the United States.

If a state fails to meet the deadline, the FTA is prohibited by law from awarding any new federal transit funds to transit agencies within the state until certification is achieved.

For example, in FY 2015 DOT made $ 22.5 million available to transit agencies through the Low or No Emission Vehicle Deployment Program for new technology clean buses, followed by $ 55 million in 2016.

Luxembourg - based patent troll ArrivalStar has sued a number of U.S. transit agencies and other defendants for infringing on patents that probably shouldn't ever have been issued.

There's a predator on Chicago Transit Agency buses and trains.

One of the last official acts of New Jersey's outgoing governor, Chris Christie, may be to have his cash - strapped statewide transit agency pay about $ 12 million to buy a maintenance facility for boats that it does not have.

A resource page for DOT emergency relief and disaster recovery efforts as states, communities, and transit agencies work to recover from Hurricane Sandy.

These guidelines assist transit agencies in developing drug and alcohol testing programs that comply with Federal Transit Administration regulation 40 CFR Part 655.

Following a recent fatal bus accident, the Toronto Transit Commission («TTC») has approved random drug and alcohol testing for select employees that if implemented would make the TTC the first transit agency in the country (not operating across the United States border) to carry out routine drug testing.

Green bonds were not among the levies recommended by the provincial transit agency Metrolinx to raise the estimated $ 2 billion a year that's needed to improve transit in the Toronto - Hamilton area.

Citing the Atlanta transit agency, WSB - TV television reported that one person was killed in the shooting, which took place at West Lake Station at about 4:30 p.m.

The company is also working with D.C. transit agencies and SharedStreets in a public - private collaboration to share data on how people are using transportation.

Public transit agencies lose many potential riders because they lack options getting to or from the bus or train stop, TransLoc said.

Though public transit agencies traditionally purchase these vehicles and use them beyond their estimated life, NJ Transit was faced with a dire need to replace their aging and dilapidated assets.

As a result, straphangers are squeezed as transit agencies resort to fare hikes and service cuts to make up the difference.