Government Technology Insider

AUGUST 5, 2024

Renewed investment and interest in transportation infrastructure has empowered state Departments of Transportation (DOTs) to modernize not only roads and bridges, but digital infrastructure such as data and information systems. Cyberattacks impacting physical infrastructure are no longer the only way to elicit response from DOTs.

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Transportation Security Public Transportation Constituents 86

The City Fix

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Although it is widely recognized that gender disparities are echoed in the design and operation of urban transportation systems, gender-responsive transportation planning is still in its early stages. Drawing from the TOPUK project, which stands for “Women Accessing Public Transport,”.

Public Transportation 104

Public Transportation Transportation Operations Social Media 104

The City Fix

JULY 15, 2024

Do informal transport networks in African cities provide equitable services for everyone that needs them? Operators frequently prefer to drive the safest and most central routes, inadvertently prioritizing commuters traveling to formal jobs in. Unsurprisingly, the answer is often no.

Transportation 85

Transportation Operations Urban Planning Public Transportation 85

The City Fix

MAY 30, 2023

To cut transport emissions, moving vehicles away from burning fossil fuels is a fundamental step. However, the e-mobility transition is not only an opportunity to reduce emissions but to modernize mobility across the board, from expanding access to public transport.

Public Transportation 98

Public Transportation Transportation Budgeting Operations 98

AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Improving public information services To better serve their community, a state agency uses an LLM-powered chatbot enhanced with RAG to provide real-time, accurate information on public transportation schedules, public health advisories, and more.

Local Government 189

Local Government Government Public Sector Public Service 189

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 30, 2022

But it's a demonstration of a quirk in planning generally and transportation planning specifically. Mostly, a master plan only covers what the government controls or operates, and usually ignores for profit services, and often, franchised services. The point of planning is to be proactive, not reactive.

Transportation 52

Transportation Public Transportation Operations Sustainability 52

The City Fix

JULY 19, 2023

The minibus taxi (MBT) industry is the backbone of South Africa’s public transportation system with a fleet of approximately 250,000 vehicles, operated by thousands of providers, employing some 600,000 drivers. MBTs account for 80% of all journeys taken by taxi.

Public Transportation 52

Public Transportation Transportation Accountability Operations 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 11, 2024

According to Twitter and other news sources (" WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative ," DC News Now) WMATA the operator of regional subway and bus services, and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, are going to start working together. Hamburg's transport association is the model.

Transportation 52

Transportation Coordinator Budgeting Sustainability 52

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

MARCH 29, 2023

lifts [elevators] blocked: people possibly trapped in them trains stranded: people possibly stranded in them traffic control inoperable: possibility of accidents and queues at road junctions critical facilities (hospitals, police stations, etc.)

Transportation 83

Transportation Public Transportation Public Administration Communications 83

Human Transit

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Paul Comfort, Conversations about Equity and Inclusion in Public Transportation, Comfort Consulting, 2022. One Australian leader is interviewed, but she talks mainly about hiring and workforce diversity, not transit policy or operations.) Now and then, you’ll also get hints of debates about the definition of success.

Public Transportation 106

Public Transportation Transportation Sustainability Operations 106

Open Access Government - Technology News

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Data, and the ability to process it rapidly and seamlessly, is crucial to the connected, intelligent networks that provide the lifeblood to today’s cities and the transport systems that link a nation’s cities together. Mobility and connected transit: Monitoring public transport can improve safety and hygiene.

Social Media 116

Social Media Transportation Security Sustainability 116

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 6, 2024

The study offers policymakers, operators and transport planners, powerful insights into what motivates a person’s transport decisions within and between cities. For commuters, 60% of journeys involve a car, and 60% involve another mode of transport. Hitachi train. Hitachi tram (light rail), Turin, Italy.

Public Transportation 52

Public Transportation Transportation Press Release Sustainability 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 11, 2022

One of my points about master planning is that for functional areas: transportation; parks and recreation; culture; etc., But they aren't organized into an overarching association, in a manner comparable to how Germany organizes regional transport associations to coordinate the planning and delivery of transit services.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Operations Transportation Sanitation 52

Open Access Government - Technology News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Avoiding another CrowdStrike Traditional operating systems, such as Windows, have complex architectures that are susceptible to system-wide failures and rely heavily on software updates and patches from a whole suite of third-party companies that can, and have, introduced new issues.

Budgeting 96

Budgeting Security Public Transportation Sustainability 96

AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

Why using old procurement methods is a problem Cloud computing presents a difficult choice for organizations: adopt and shift operating models to take advantage of its benefits or maintain the status quo and miss out. Final thoughts The public cloud introduces new considerations to procurement beyond just cost.

Sustainability 200

Sustainability Operations Public Sector Transportation 200

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

APRIL 18, 2023

So far, local governments have budgeted a little over 60% of their total SLFRF funds across a wide range of service areas, with the largest share going to government operations. Public Space 12.5 The data reflect adopted budgets only, not proposals or expenses. Broadband 2.8 Green Infrastructure 1.0 Cyber Security.5

Local Government 77

Local Government Budgeting Public Transportation Transportation 77

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Mostly it's because elected officials roll over in the face of angry motor vehicle operators. There needs to be a lot more focus on raising the number of people cycling for transportation. It claims that protected bike lanes are being removed across the country because they don't work. Although I will say that lanes are not enough.

Elected Officials 52

Elected Officials Transportation Public Transportation Operations 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 31, 2023

It's a demonstration of a quirk in planning generally and transportation planning specifically. Mostly, a master plan only covers what the government controls or operates, and usually ignores for profit services, and often, franchised services. Passengers board an A&C Bus Corp No.

Transportation 52

Transportation Public Transportation Operations Local Government 52

The City Fix

MARCH 26, 2024

After decades of experience with diesel vehicles, cities and operators need to understand the technical and operational specifications of e-buses to. The adoption of any new technology involves some degree of adaptation, and battery electric buses (e-buses) are no exception.

Operations 52

Operations Public Transportation Public Health Transportation 52

AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 13, 2023

At Amazon Web Services (AWS), many public sector customers operate fleets of vehicles (e.g. emergency response, public transportation) that generate location data, which is ultimately stored in a data lake. From an AWS Lambda function, you can call Amazon Location to perform geocoding operations.

Public Sector 130

Public Sector Coordinator Accountability Operations 130

The City Fix

APRIL 17, 2020

Cities have curtailed many public transit operations because of declining ridership and health. As the world works to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 3.9 billion people are under full or partial lockdown orders, as of mid-April. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

Operations 122

Operations Public Transportation Transportation 122

Open Access Government - Technology News

JULY 12, 2023

Artificial intelligence can be a game-changer in the mission of modernizing urban development, especially when it comes to transportation infrastructure Planning and maintaining communities in the modern world is as simple as threading a needle with an elephant. So, too, do the grids and topography that are unique to every city.

Development 52

Development Transportation Urban Planning Accountability 52

The City Fix

JANUARY 19, 2023

For decades, the city of Peshawar, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of northern Pakistan, has been rocked by wars and acts of terrorism that disrupted public safety and made it difficult to plan the city’s growth. A particularly challenging consequence.

Transportation 52

Transportation Public Safety Public Transportation Operations 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2023

The first proposes a "transport association" based on the German VV model, where all the local transit providers commit to integrated service, and a common schedule and fare system. My friend says there is no good public transportation from the airport to the city's major hotels. Cool train branding designs though for Tri-Rail.

Transportation 52

Transportation Public Transportation Management Sustainability 52

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

When I travel from north London to my university I use public transport, which is of variable reliability. Clearly, such a plan would be immediately invalidated by disruption to normal transportation schedules. I then have to cross a busy four-lane arterial road. I would have to resort to awareness and common sense.

Transportation 59

Transportation Public Transportation Operations 59

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 27, 2024

I have Esso maps with a map of the London Underground, at least two New York City maps (Esso, Texaco) showing the Manhattan part of the NYC Subway, this map, an Exxon Map showing public transportation of the United States, along with highways, and and British American Oil map of Toronto with a small drawing of a TTC subway entrance.

Parks And Recreation 40

Parks And Recreation Transportation Public Transportation Operations 40

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 15, 2023

The answer is: Create a single multi-state/regional multi-modal transit planning, management, and operations authority association.") Schools have playgrounds and other facilities which may or may not be open to the public. It's amazing to me that a city can actively destroy their public assets like these with few repercussions.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Nonprofit Government Agency Public Transportation 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The added density will not be sufficient to make the development and operation of affordable housing feasible unless a tax incentive like 485-x is available. This can lead to more multifamily buildings, enhancing housing access near public transportation.

Housing 52

Housing Public Transportation Development Transportation 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

From the article: A highway meant to whisk travelers to the $2 billion terminal has yet to be built, even though flights are supposed to begin operating in just seven weeks. Thats a problem for the airports 17,000 workers, most of whom now arrive at the existing terminal via public transportation.

Transportation 52

Transportation Public Transportation Operations 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 7, 2025

We know about congestion zones from cities like London and Stockholm, where motor vehicle operators pay a toll charge for entering the city core. Revenues from the congestion charge are earmarked for much-needed improvements to New Yorks ageing subway and other public-transport systems. for the city to go it alone.

Transportation 52

Transportation Public Transportation Voting Management 52

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JULY 20, 2022

Local governments commonly provide on-demand services for special populations – for example, older adults or those needing para-transport. Los Angeles and the Puget Sound region in Washington state tested MOD-style programs to deal with the first mile/last mile barriers to using public transportation.

Transportation 62

Transportation Local Government Public Transportation Social Services 62

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 21, 2025

of US adults use public transportation to get to work, according to 2022 data from the Census Bureau, down from 5% in 2019. The average US household spends $13,174 per year on transportation, more than 85% of which go to car payments, gas and other automotive expenses. -- article Only 3.1% In the European Union, its only 11%.

Transportation 52

Transportation Public Transportation Management Housing 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 14, 2025

The latter, along with the opening of the Silver Line, seem to be the key events in marking the decline of the WMATA system in terms of service, operations, and ridership declines. In short, I argue that for transportation demand and system management goals, transit in the DC area should be free on Inauguration Day.

Transportation 52

Transportation Management Operations Social Media 52