"[Transportation] is not always easily accessible, and it's not always affordable," Gipson said. "[For example], seniors can't always walk to bus stops or manage the temperature, depending on if it is cold or hot. ... We have a lot of seniors who are isolated and at home because of transportation issues."
What would it look like if we put people at the center of transit planning - if we designed a friendly system grounded in the needs, wants and preferences of all riders? Would transit be more useful? Would more people ride it?
Despite the delay, Metro General Manager Paul J. Wiedefeld said the retirement of the last of the cars is "a huge milestone." At this point, he said, Metro has received 45 percent of its order of the new 7000-series fleet, and the cars that have been delivered so far constitute 43 eight-car trains.
Mr. Cuomo's executive order would allow the authority to accelerate efforts to improve service by temporarily suspending certain laws that might "hinder or delay action necessary to cope with the disaster." Mr. Cuomo said the authority would need more resources to improve the system and called on state lawmakers to identify new funding sources.
The project will add four new interlockings to the route, allowing trains to switch tracks more often to avoid construction or areas where mechanical issues are occurring.
Dallas is trying something different. To shake things up at DART, the Dallas City Council is appointing a new slate of board members. Long-time board members are being replaced with regular riders, transit advocates, and people with real transit policy expertise.
To ensure a smooth transition, Anderson will serve in a co-CEO capacity with current CEO Wick Moorman until the end of December 2017, at which time Moorman will become an advisor to the company.
In a June 30 letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, a bipartisan group of lawmakers called the Federal Transit Administration's deadline "arbitrary," "unreasonable" and "unrealistic" because it didn't take into consideration the legislative calendars of the Virginia General Assembly or the General Assembly of Maryland.
Tomorrow, two high-speed rail lines open in France, providing new corridors for trains to slice through the countryside at 200 mph (320 km/h). One is a 302-kilometer link that will connect Paris to Bordeaux in the southwest part of the country. The other is a 182-kilometer line connecting Paris to western France. They'll provide riders the equivalent of linking Washington, D.C. to Charlotte in just over two hours (versus an eight-hour Amtrak trip today), or Dallas to San Marcos in less than an hour and a half (versus a seven-and-a-half-hour Amtrak trip).
The suburban employment boom has been so inaccessible to Indianapolis residents - especially people without ready access to a car - that jobs have been going unfilled. "FedEx had 350 entry-level jobs, but they couldn't get people to the job site," said Mark Fisher, chief policy officer of the Indianapolis Chamber.
In 1990, China, then a country with a population of just over 1.1 billion inhabitants, had only three metro systems-located in Beijing, Hong Kong and Tianjin. Fast forward a mere 27 years later and the number of urban transit systems has grown more than ten-fold.
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers - June 29, 2017
Aviation High School has an astounding 93% graduation rate and many graduates have expressed a desire to work in the airline industry and become IAM members.
The key will be to ensure that all apprenticeships and work-based learning programs supported through the new effort continue to meet the same high standards as currently provided through registered apprenticeship and accredited college employer collaborations.
