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DECEMBER 30, 2022

I mention the ideal model of transportation planning and operation being the German Transport Association, but even there, I don't think they include for profit services like car sharing and electric bicycle or scooter services. -- " The answer is: Create a single multi-state/regional multi-modal transit planning, management, and operations authority (..)

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MAY 13, 2024

When I first saw coverage I thought, "what about the 2017" initiative, although granted it was before covid. Another aspect of the balkanized transit system in the DC area is that every jurisdiction has a different program for bus shelters--what Ivan Bennett, product design manager for the London bus program, calls "a lack of continuity."

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APRIL 11, 2024

Boston versus the Raleigh-Durham's GoTransit Model ," 2017 -- " Route 7 BRT proposal communicates the reality that the DC area doesn't adequately conduct transportation planning at the metropolitan-scale ," 2016 -- " Reviving DC area bus service: and a counterpoint to the recent Washington City Paper article ," 2019 7.

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APRIL 20, 2023

RTC also runs a bikeshare program, manages certain intelligent transportation systems functions, and a number of game day sports related express bus services. The first element is an integrated public transportation system. And the taxi industry and drivers are a very strong lobby against public transportation.

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MARCH 20, 2023

Boston versus the Raleigh-Durham's GoTransit Model ," 2017 -- " What Richmond can't teach DC about bus services ," 2019 Brightline is a new railroad passenger service that started in South Florida, is expanding to Orlando and intends to expand to Tampa. Photo: Ryan Lynch, Orlando Business Journal.

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OCTOBER 3, 2022

Since that year, police records show, transit officers have dramatically shifted away from enforcing fare evasion across the rail and bus system, with citations and arrests numbering less than 300 last year, compared with more than 15,000 in 2017. Of that 2021 total, none took place in the District.

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