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Building New Informal Bus Routes to Advance Transportation Equity

The City Fix

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.

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Securing Digital Infrastructure Helps Departments of Transportation Deliver Equitable Service

Government Technology Insider

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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Strategies for Procuring Alternative Student Transportation Services

American City & Country

Alternative forms of student transportation provide options for districts that need to supplement their current bus transportation to best serve their students’ needs. There are multiple ways to procure alternative transportation. How many students are we expecting to transport under this contract?

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Why Mexico Needs a Federal Funding Program for Semiformal Transport

The City Fix

In cities around the world, the sudden and sustained drop in public transport ridership during COVID-19 has caused a financial and operational crisis for both large public transport agencies and semiformal service providers. In most places, existing business models and. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Transportation leaders share real-world stories of digital transformation

Google Public Sector

Transportation leaders are facing challenges in providing safe and effective mobility. At their annual conference, the ITS World Congress in Los Angeles will bring together the intelligent transportation and future mobility communities – from automation and connectivity to mobility and digital infrastructure.

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Protecting transportation agencies in the era of cybersecurity

AWS Public Sector Blog

United States federal agencies, such as the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Transportation Security Administration (TSA), are increasing their emphasis on cybersecurity. Recently, the TSA issued a new cybersecurity amendment in response to persistent cybersecurity threats. to only authorized customer personnel.

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How cities can use transport data to reduce pollution and increase safety

AWS Public Sector Blog

This is a guest post by Rikesh Shah, outgoing head of open innovation at Transport for London, on behalf of the AWS Institute from Amazon Web Services (AWS), a thought leadership and executive education program to accelerate digital transformation for public sector executives.