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PCC Streetcar Returns Home to El Paso
Sun Metro in El Paso, TX, recently welcomed home the first of six renovated PCC streetcars, which operated on the city’s streets between 1950 and 1974, in anticipation of the launch of a new streetcar line late this year. [More]
In Memoriam: Torres, APTA System Safety Auditor
Robert Torres, 70, of Azusa, CA, a member of the APTA System Safety Audit Team for three years, died March 28. [More]
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COMMENTARY |
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A Major Victory on Which to Build BY PAUL P. SKOUTELAS, APTA PRESIDENT AND CEO
The sweetest victories are often the ones hardest fought. This is especially true in the fight for federal funding. Public transportation celebrated one such victory on March 23 when a $1.3 trillion bipartisan spending bill for Fiscal Year 2018 became law. [More]
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APTA MEMBER PROFILE |
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Meet David A. Genova!
This is the latest in an ongoing series of columns showcasing APTA members. The subject of this profile is David A. Genova, general manager and CEO,Regional Transportation District, Denver: vice chair, APTA Rail Transit Committee and APTA Rail Transit CEOs Subcommittee, and member, APTA Board of Directors Executive Committee. [More]
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APTA NEWS |
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APTA Award Nominations Due by April 10
April 10 is the nomination deadline for the 2018 APTA Awards program, which recognizes “the best of the best” public transportation professionals and organizations in North America. [More]
New TCRP Publications
The Transit Cooperative Research Program has released three new publications. [More]
Play Mile-High Golf for APTF: Help Support Future Generations of Public Transit Professionals!
The American Public Transportation Foundation (APTF) will host its annual Golf Fundraiser at the prestigious Blackstone Country Club in Denver (winner of Golf World Magazine’s 1996 Architect of the Year award) during the APTA 2018 Rail Conference, June 11, beginning at 1 p.m. Proceeds go toward the foundation’s annual scholarship program, which supports individuals choosing the public transit field as a career. [More]
Come to Tampa for APTA's 2018 Bus & Paratransit Conference!
It’s less than a month until the 2018 APTA Bus & Paratransit Conference, May 6-9 in scenic Tampa, FL, but you still have time to register and participate. [More]
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AROUND THE INDUSTRY |
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BBB Introduces First of 50 New Buses
Big Blue Bus (BBB) in Santa Monica, CA, is investing $18.3 million in FTA and state Proposition 1B funds to replace 50 40-foot buses purchased between 2004 and 2006 with the same number of new vehicles equipped with updated comfort, safety and security technology. [More]
Parklet in Albany, CA, Incorporates AC Transit Bus Stop
AC Transit in Oakland, CA, recently partnered with the city of Albany, CA, and business owners to create a one-of-a-kind bus stop in an 870-square-foot parklet. [More]
Capital Metro Tests App Providing Information to Visually Impaired Riders
Blind and visually impaired users of the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Capital Metro) in Austin, TX, can receive real-time bus schedule and service alert information through a pilot program operated by RATP Dev in partnership with Connecthings, an urban tech company. [More]
GCRTA Tests Pedestrian Awareness Technology
Enhanced awareness of pedestrians by bus operators, with a goal of avoiding accidents, is the purpose behind updated bus safety technology being tested by the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority through a partnership with Battelle Memorial Institute. [More]
Palm Tran Reaches Out to Connect with Customers
Public transit CEOs wishing to gauge the effectiveness of their system’s customer service operations can look to Florida’s Palm Tran as an example. Executive Director Clinton B. Forbes recently spent a number of hours on the phone at Palm Tran’s West Palm Beach customer service center, assisting riders with questions, directions and other transit needs. [More]
Sacramento's Light Rail Showcases the Arts
The Sacramento (CA) Regional Transit District has been putting its light rail cars on display as mobile art exhibits and stages. [More]
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