GlobalSpec Insights

Prioritizing traffic types to encourage mass transit: ‘If the bus is beating you everywhere, maybe you’ll get on the bus’

However, central to the wider success and adoption of transit technologies like LYT is that the commuting public is ready to ...
Opinion
GoverningOpinion

Will Self-Driving Cars Short-Circuit Urban Public Transit?

Plans for an autonomous vehicle future are being made in many large cities. But how close are those plans to being realized?
WSLS 10

Roanoke residents and officials experience the highs and lows of transit during Week Without Driving Challenge

ROANOKE, Va. – Roanoke residents and city officials are discovering both opportunities and obstacles in their transportation system during the Week Without Driving Challenge, an initiative revealing ...
Yahoo

After two decades of driving buses, I know public transit is no luxury.

Lionel Randolph is president of ATU-Local 1436, Harrisburg, and a transit operator. (Courtesy of Lionel Randolph) I’ve been a bus driver for 21 years, and a public transit rider my whole life. For me ...
The Vindicator

Self-driving bus stalls out

Staff photo / David Skolnick A $696,435, 10-seat autonomous bus owned by Youngstown sits unused in a Western Reserve Transit Authority garage. It was on the road for less than five months. YOUNGSTOWN ...
Planetizen

Transit Scheduling 101: Scheduling Math ️

Frequency, runtime, layover, cycle time, and how they all relate to determine how much transit service costs to operate — all in this installment of Transit Scheduling 101!