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Explore Live NextBus Implementation
We now have more than 50 North American transit systems using real-time reporting on 100s of routes. Please begin with a virtual visit to the new NextBus installation at MIT in Cambridge, MA--and from there to all of our live installations. Click here to begin your exploration.
Jun
5
5 Unique Challenges in the University Transit Sector
Filed Under Feature Stories, Financing University Systems, Transportation Trends, University Transit | Leave a Comment
College and university transit agencies share many similarities with their larger municipal and regional transit agency cousins. Both typically provide fixed route, paratransit, and other demand-response services including charter services. They use the same equipment and employ bus operators who are required to have the same… Continue reading
May
25
Student Leadership Funds 2 University Transit Systems
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Texas Tech
At the April 2008 APTA University Conference, Austin Pennington, the Vice President of the Student Government Association at Texas Tech proved what students can accomplish when they are truly motivated. In this case they found a way to fund an university transit system from the ground up.
Seven years ago it became glaringly evident that Texas Tech needed some form of organized public transportation. There was an overwhelming amount of… Continue reading