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WMATA's latest bus improvement program

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. -- " Overnight transit service ," 2012 -- " Night moves: the need for more night time (and weekend) transit service, especially when the subway is closed ," 2013 -- " Night and weekend transit/subway service ," 2016 -- " Overnight transit service: San Francisco ," 2016 The 2013 entry states that bus service should be provided to airports when Metrorail (..)

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Master planning for solid waste | Creating a VV equivalent for solid waste management and service operating at the metropolitan scale

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VVs, or Verkehrsverbund, are German "transport associations" that are organized at the regional scale to plan, coordinate, and deliver transit services in an integrated fashion. --" Verkehrsverbund: The evolution and spread of fully integrated regional public transport in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland ," Ralph Buehler, John Pucher & Oliver (..)

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Florida's Brightline passenger rail as an opportunity to rearticulate and extend transit service in cities like Orlando

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They are looking to improve transit but haven't had a lot of success--failed tax referenda in 2020 and 2022 with another possible attempt for 2024, and there is back-biting (" Mayor Demings wary of Universal’s SunRail expansion plan, cites ‘lack of transparency’ ," Mass Transit Magazine ). Photo: Ryan Lynch, Orlando Business Journal.

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African American History Month and Transportation: February 4th | Transit Equity Day

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Photo: Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle The battles over transportation access were central to the Civil Rights movement. Transit Equity Day , set by the American Public Transportation Association as February 4th , during African American/Black History Month, is one way to acknowledge this. 9, in Houston.