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Q&A: In Florida, JTA CEO Nathaniel Ford Champions Public Transit

State Tech Magazine

After starting his career with New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Nathaniel Ford has held key positions at transit systems across the United States, including the Bay Area Rapid Transit District in Northern California, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.

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How Are New Informal Transit Routes Formed?

The City Fix

In 2015, the chairman of a Kampala administrative zone about 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the city’s downtown addressed a hand-written note to the chairman of a minibus taxi association. He humbly requested the group of drivers expand its services. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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How Oslo Achieved Zero Pedestrian and Bicycle Fatalities, and How Others Can Apply What Worked

The City Fix

In 2015, the City of Oslo, Norway, made a commitment after years of rising transportation injuries to reduce car traffic and prioritize the safety of pedestrians, cyclists and the environment. Unlike in the United States and other countries where transportation. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative | Could a regional "transport association" be on the horizon, or just a transit bailout?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Boston versus the Raleigh-Durham's GoTransit Model ," 2017 -- " Route 7 BRT proposal communicates the reality that the DC area doesn't adequately conduct transportation planning at the metropolitan-scale ," 2016 -- " Reviving DC area bus service: and a counterpoint to the recent Washington City Paper article ," 2019 7.

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Climate Action Must Progress Far Faster to Achieve 1.5 C Goal

The City Fix

degrees F) as part of the 2015 Paris Agreement. Countries agreed to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F) and ideally 1.5 degrees C (2.7 The latest science shows that emissions will need to drop. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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What should the program for a Transportation Management District look like?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

And they had "parking innovation districts" for awhile, but they were idiosyncratic, not systematic, and had many restrictions.

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Florida's Brightline passenger rail as an opportunity to rearticulate and extend transit service in cities like Orlando

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

My friend says there is no good public transportation from the airport to the city's major hotels. From the OBJ : The growing Iinternational Drive resort area currently has about 75,000 employees, a number projected to reach 100,000 in the next few years, which increases the need for a connected transportation system.