Category: Webinars

Creating Partnerships through Online Trip Planning and More with National RTAP’s GTFS Builder Web App

Webinar Date: Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT Webinar Description: National Rural Transit Assistance Program’s (RTAP) General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) Builder web app is a set of tools—simple Excel spreadsheets, checklists, and videos—that will help transit agencies prepare bus route and schedule data files to support the integrated Google Transit trip planner, customizable …

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First Quarterly Webinar a Success

On November 16, 2011, the Transit GIS Clearinghouse webinar series got off to a successful start through Michael Frumin’s presentation of MTA’s real-time bus tracking and customer information system, which hosted 140 attendees. The MTA presentation is the first in a series of quarterly webinars that will be hosted by NCTR’s Transit GIS Clearinghouse. In …

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Real-Time Bus Tracking and Customer Information in New York City: MTA’s Open Approach to Doing it Faster and Cheaper

UPDATED Webinar Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 1:00pm-2:00pm EST Webinar Description: This Webinar will explain Metropolitan Transit Authority’s (MTA) approach to developing its real-time bus tracking and customer information system (branded “MTA Bus Time”) for its fleet of 6,000 buses and 2.5 million daily, bus riders in New York City.  Mr. Michael Frumin will discuss …

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USDOT Forum: Transportation and Demographic Changes

On May 23, 2011, the U.S. Department of Transportation hosted a forum to discuss transportation and demographic changes over the last decade. The forum examined demographic trends and the transportation implications for urban and rural populations, disability, migration, race and immigration. The following experts participated in the forum: Dr. Robert Groves, U.S. Census Director Dr. …

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Upcoming Webinars

1) CUTR Webcast Series: How the Census Might Affect Your MPO Date: July 14, 2011 Time: 12-1 p.m. Presented by: CUTR Research Associate Alex Bond. For more information, please visit the CUTR webcast page. 2) CUTR Webcast Series: Transit Technician Certification: Leveraging Technology for State of the Art Training Date: August 11, 2011 Time: 12-1 …

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