transit

A pilot to enhance real-time bus predictions for Metro Transit

sanderson
September 09, 2019

Over the last ten years, transit riders have learned to expect accurate real-time data.

Declining Ridership: Different Issues in Different Places

bwright
April 11, 2018

If you’re in the business of making transportation better—like my colleagues and I at Cambridge Systematics—you know that there has been rising concern for years about ebbing ridership on many public transit systems across the country.

Another Major Transit Agency Goes Open Source

eziering
March 10, 2016

As reported in the Washington Post, WMATA has adopted OneBusAway - an enterprise open source package for real-time information delivery - as its new platform for delivering real-time information to Metrobus riders.  Washington DC joins New York City, Tampa, and the Seattle/Puget Sound region as the largest OneBusAway deployments in the US.

El Paso Streetcar/Rail Transit Study

Texas Department of Transportation

Assess the market demand, benefits versus costs, and constraints associated with a proposed streetcar rail transit system linking the border crossing, downtown, and university area of El Paso, Texas.

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South Cook County – Will County Transit Service Restructuring Study

Pace Suburban Bus Service

Develop and apply sophisticated market segmentation-based planning techniques to improve the effectiveness of suburban transit services in support of the South Cook County – Will County Transit Service Restructuring Study.

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Integrated Corridor Analysis Tool (ICAT) Project

I-95 Corridor Coalition

Develop a regional transportation information system by integrating roadway inventory and travel demand data from the I-95 Corridor Coalition’s 16 state departments of transportation (DOT) into a multistate highway network.

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Ask the Experts–Public Transportation Challenges

tharrington
April 15, 2013

What is the biggest challenge facing public transportation agencies?

Ask the Experts–Linking Performance Metrics to Livability and Sustainability Goals and Objectives

cporter
May 11, 2010

How can my transportation agency use performance metrics to support our livability and sustainability goals?