They Say: Printed Schedules
They say transit agencies must have printed schedules, but a colleague at work asked, “Where does it actually say we have to have printed schedules?” Not that we don’t want to print them, but hey, the budget office wants to know and so did I. So . . . As far as I can tell, under FTA regulations (49 CFR 601-665) there is not an explicit requirement to publish route schedules as an end to itself,...
April 7th, 2011
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Losing Our FedEx Moment: Farewell to Charters
Gainesville (FL) RTS will not be running its Gator Aider that takes Florida fans from malls and new urban developments to Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on home football game days this fall (2010). A private charter operator Fabulous Coach Lines answered RTS’s charter notice and is going to operate a new service renamed the Navigator (one hopes it will be printed as NaviGator). It will cost $10 (over...
August 5th, 2010
Charter Rules
The breathtaking view from the sky of Husky Stadium, a multimodal place on gameday. That could be a problem. Photo by Mary Levin. Husky Stadium is a point of convergence. From its lofty seats sky, mountains, verdant land, and water are layered in undulating shades of blue and green; the built and the natural environments blend as multi-story towers wave through the trees; and here...
July 7th, 2010
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