Partner Organization, NCMM, Is Seeking Information on Higher Education and Mobility Management |
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The National Center for Mobility Management is seeking input to better understand future transportation professionals’ thoughts and experience on topics related to learning around mobility management, disability, and accessibility. This is not intended to be an evaluation or an assessment of what is or is not being taught; rather, it's NCMM's work to develop an understanding of what is already being done to prepare our future transportation professionals with the content they need to respond to the mobility needs of broad audiences. NCMM hopes to use the results to develop support materials for faculty to include in their teaching programs. For questions about this work please contact Judy Shanley, Ph.D., Easterseals Director, NCMM.
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National Skills Coalition – December 13th at 4:00 pm ET
The infrastructure bill passed by Congress in November 2021 includes historic, first-of-its-kind funding for digital inclusion. States will be receiving $2.75 billion in funding under the Digital Equity Act. Join us next Monday, December 13th at 4:00 p.m. EST for a 30 minute webinar where you will learn about the implications of this new legislation for your state, find out what more needs to be done to achieve digital equity for all workers, and get your top questions answered.
Eno Center for Transportation – January 19th at 2:00 pm ET
Christof Spieler has recently released the second edition of his wildly popular book Trains, Buses, People. Christof’s new book now covers eight Canadian cities and two new US areas (Indianapolis and Puerto Rico). His original book was dubbed “a transit wonk’s bible” that has guided “a smarter conversation about urban transit”. Christof will discuss the evolving conversation around transit in the past three years since the book originally published. He’ll also briefly cover updates around fare policies, wayfinding, transit governance structures, customer experience, how to create inclusive transit systems that work for all riders.
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Human Transit – December 3, 2021
[T]hese service cuts are an emergency. They are not minor. They are not necessarily temporary, because right now it’s not clear how the problem will get better. We could be looking at a lasting shrinkage in our transit services, right when people are crying out for expanded service and many agencies had been on track to deliver it.
A staggering 88 percent of U.S. transit agencies expect that historically disenfranchised riders will be their primary customers as they recover from the pandemic — and many are planning to shift their service to center those groups’ unique needs, a new study finds. In a survey of 73 public transportation providers in the United States (and one in Canada), researchers at the Urban Institute found that nearly half of the systems intend to increase neighborhood-to-neighborhood service as they recover from Covid-19, and a further 34 percent plan to increase service during off-peak periods. That would be a drastically different approach than many agencies took before the pandemic, which favored the convenience of White collar commuters traveling at rush hour over essential workers and car-free travelers who are more likely to board the bus or train throughout the day.
The New York Times – December 5, 2021
Like many other so-called tech disrupters, the hype of MaaS has been cooled by real-world realities. Yet efforts still exist: In late October, Austria, for example, debuted its KlimaTicket, or Climate Ticket, where one annual price gets you aboard all public transit in the country. But such innovations have been the exception to the status quo.
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CTAA Helps Agencies Make Sense of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and of Upcoming Changes to CDL Training Requirements in Two Newly Issued Papers
Community Transportation Association of America – December, 2021
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Editor’s note: As implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law rolls out, here are two DOT websites designed to help the public follow ongoing developments related to the law. Noting that the law "authorizes up to $108 billion for public transportation – the largest federal investment in public transportation in the nation’s history", the Federal Transit Administration has established a website to inform public transportation stakeholders and others about the law, along with a link to sign up for updates. The Federal Highway Administration has also set up a website that will be regularly updated to provide resources such as fact sheets, presentations, funding notices, guidance, and regulations.
Progressive Railroading – December 3, 2021
Four elevators were replaced at the station to provide better access to the northbound platform, while a new LiftNet system was installed so riders can exit the station even during a power outage and incident response times are improved. In addition, new CCTV cameras and a new fire alarm system were installed. “Reliable access and high-functioning elevators to our deeper stations is critical to serving the riders of this community," said NYCT Interim President Craig Cipriano.
Next City – December 1, 2021
The new extension of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System’s (MTS) Blue Line takes the first of San Diego’s LRT lines to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) campus.
Mass Transit Magazine – December 7, 2021
When the project opens to the public in 2024, the corridor will be populated with similar features as the Red Line, such as dedicated bus lanes and elevated bus stations at center medians. It will also bring $95 million of infrastructure improvements, including: 10 miles of new or replaced sidewalk and 3 miles of multi-use path, effectively covering the entire length of 38th street with pedestrian infrastructure; stormwater drainage improvements, including separating storm and sewer lines beneath the roadway; new traffic signals and spurts of vegetation throughout.
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The American Prospect – November 29, 2021
Once you understand what workers are going through, then you can see the pandemic as kindling for a fire. As my colleague Harold Meyerson recently wrote, the two largest strike waves in American history occurred in 1919 and 1946—right after World Wars I and II, when infantrymen returned from Europe hailed as heroes and then found that their jobs were significantly less than heroic. They rebelled against menial work inappropriate to their sacrifice. Today’s low-wage workers, shattered by collective trauma, have similarly been punched once too often, after being exalted all too briefly as America’s backbone.
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Mass Transit – November 30, 2021
At the national level, transit ridership has been on a steady increase during the past 52 weeks. While current ridership numbers represent about 55 percent of pre-pandemic numbers, transit systems across the United States have seen a roughly 35-percent increase in ridership during the past year. That ridership is steadily increasing amid the “Great Resignation” – where many employees are voluntarily leaving their companies – has produced tough times for transit agencies looking to recruit new talent and hold onto the talent they already have.
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Chicago Tribune – December 2, 2012
The accessibility money makes up just a portion of billions of dollars in grants available in the federal infrastructure bill. [Dorval] Carter said he will seek grants to pursue an extension of the Red Line from 95th Street to 130th Street, to fund future phases of modernizing the Red and Purple lines and to help pay for a plan that would upgrade the track and stations on the Blue Line’s western leg to Forest Park.
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The New York Times – December 7, 2021
Unlike technologists at almost every other company working on self-driving vehicles, Mr. Musk insisted that autonomy could be achieved solely with cameras tracking their surroundings. But many Tesla engineers questioned whether it was safe enough to rely on cameras without the benefit of other sensing devices — and whether Mr. Musk was promising drivers too much about Autopilot’s capabilities.
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