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  • chapel transit sign-stop-bus The transit industry is experiencing an unprecedented combination of factors that seriously affect transit service provision.  Rising fuel costs have driven many commuters to use public transit as their primary method of transportation to and from work.   To make matters worse, motor fuel tax revenues are down… Continue reading

    We have just completed a research study among municipal transit executives designed to determine key trends and technologies as of August 2008. The study covers a broad range of transit systems from very large to very small.

    Here are key findings:

    small seattle bus In February 2008, a most useful research tool appeared on the transit management scene.  But what was merely useful in February may be a vital tool today in the face of a 33% increase in the price of fuel from February to June 2008.

    The National Center… Continue reading

    print bus schedule There is an old joke that the paperless office is just as likely as they paperless bathroom.  That may be true, but in the case of transit schedules and maps, paperless looks like the way to go.

    Apart from the obvious benefit of saving trees, digital information… Continue reading

    denver rail riders nytimesIn June 2008, regular gasoline costs more than four dollars a gallon. That sounds bad, but it may be just the beginning. It could well spike to five dollars a gallon by July and six dollars within the next 12 months, according to experts such as T. Boone Pickens. Suddenly, diehard car drivers are becoming born-again… Continue reading