Category: Transportation News

TRB Symposium: Visualization for Big Data

  Transportation Research Board (TRB) is hosting the 7th international symposium on the theme Visualization for Big Data  from 23-25 October 2013 at Irvine, California. This symposium is sponsored by ABJ 95 – Visualization in Transportation.  The goal of the 2013 Symposium is to advance innovation in visualization for transportation applications through the exchange of information, to …

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Webinar: Introducing BTS Geographic Information Services

Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) is hosting a webinar on the topic “Introducing BTS Geographic Information Services” on August 22, 2013 at 1.30 pm-2.30pm (Eastern Time). Presented by Derald Dudley—Mr. Dudley has a bachelor’s degree in Geography from Towson University, a master’s degree in Computer Science from Hood College, was a Cartographer with the Marine Chart Division …

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Massachusetts – Regional Transit Schedules in Google Maps

    MassDOT has announced that for the first time all public transportation authorities in the Commonwealth including the MBTA and all 15 Regional Transit Authorities (RTAs) have their routes and schedules fully accessible on Google Maps. This effort’s goal is to make all transportation services in Massachusetts available to commuters, visitors and other travelers …

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Survey on America’s Support for Public Transportation

The survey America’s Support for Public Transportation was conducted for the American Public Transportation Association (APTA)  by the Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI). This survey  provides evidence that there is growing support for an already strong majority of people in favor of expanding public transportation. Nearly 74 percent of respondents agreed to use of their tax dollars to create, expand …

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Launch of Bike Sharing Program at New York City

  The nation’s biggest bicycle-sharing program got rolling Monday, as thousands of New Yorkers got their first chance to ride a network billed as a new form of public transit in a city known for it.The privately financed program called Citi Bike, after lead sponsor Citigroup Inc.  kicked off with 6,000 bikes at more than …

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