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Strategies for High Intensity Bus: Best Practices for Operating Buses in Managed Lanes Velyjah Southern, Et Al, Texas Southern University
Texas Southern University From the SelectedWorks of Earthea Nance, PhD (Stanford University, 2004) 2017 Strategies for High Intensity Bus: Best Practices for Operating Buses in Managed Lanes Velyjah Southern, et al, Texas Southern University Available at: https://works.bepress.com/nanceea/25/ 1 Invited Student Paper: Strategies for High Intensity Bus: Best Practices for Operating 2 Buses in Managed Lanes 3 4 5 6 7 Velyjha Southern 8 Graduate Research Assistant 9 Texas Southern University 10 3100 Cleburne St. Houston, TX 77004 11 713-313-4365 (p) 713-313-4821 (f) 12 [email protected] 13 14 Earthea Nance, Ph.D. 15 Associate Professor 16 Texas Southern University 17 3100 Cleburne St. Houston, TX 77004 18 713-313-4854 (p) 713-313-7153 (f) 19 [email protected] 20 21 Carol Abel Lewis, Ph.D. 22 Professor and Director, CTTR 23 Texas Southern University 24 3100 Cleburne St. Houston, TX 77004 25 713-313-7924 (p) 713-313-4821 (f) 26 Jermaine Potts 27 Graduate Research Assistant 28 Texas Southern University 29 3100 Cleburne St. Houston, TX 77004 30 713-313-4365 (p) 713-313-4821 (f) 31 32 33 Prepared for consideration for 34 Presentation at the 96th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 35 Washington D.C. January 2017 36 37 Word Count: 6,237 (Body) + 1,250 (Tables and Figures) = 7,487 38 References= 18 39 Submission date: November 14, 2016 40 41 42 Southern, Nance, Lewis, and Potts 2 1 2 3 4 5 ABSTRACT 6 This paper examines high intensity bus (HIB) service in managed lanes in the US. -
CSG Transportation Policy Academy & DC Fly-In 2012 June 26-28, 2012 Washington, DC
CSG Transportation Policy Academy & DC Fly-In 2012 June 26-28, 2012 Washington, DC Tuesday June 26th Morning - Legislators Arrive 2pm-5pm Virginia Megaprojects Tour Officials from the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) will lead a bus tour of major transportation projects under construction in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The officials will greet guests between 1:30 and 2 at the Phoenix Park Hotel. A Chariots for Hire shuttle bus will depart promptly at 2 from in front of the hotel. The bus will travel I-295 into Maryland and then over the Woodrow Wilson Bridge into Virginia with a scheduled stop at recently renovated Jones Point Park, which was part of a beautification effort associated with construction of the new bridge. The tour will continue through the Springfield Interchange and along I-495, where High Occupancy Toll (HOT) Express Lanes are currently under construction, one of the largest public-private partnership-financed projects in the country. The bus will make a stop at the Westpark Drive Bridge to give tour attendees a view of the project. Finally, the tour will wind its way through Tysons Corner to assess progress on the project to extend Metrorail to Dulles Airport. The bus will take the George Washington Parkway back to the District and drop attendees off at the Phoenix Park Hotel. Virginia Department of Transportation officials scheduled to attend the tour: Garrett W. Moore, P.E., Virginia Department of Transportation Northern Virginia District Administrator John D. Lynch, P.E., Virginia Department of Transportation Regional Transportation Program Manager Larry O. Cloyed, PMP, Virginia Department of Transportation Senior Project Manager Steven M. -
Jo U Rn a L O F P U B Lic T Ransp O Rta Tio N
Vo Volume 12, No. 3, 2009 lume 12, No. 3 Journal of Public Public of Journal Tr Brian Caulfield A Stated Preference Analysis of Real-Time ansp Margaret O’Mahony Public Transit Stop Information or Laura Eboli A New Customer Satisfaction Index for Gabriella Mazzulla Evaluating Transit Service Quality ta tion Ahmed M. El-Geneidy Bus Transit Service Planning and Operations in a John Hourdos Competitive Environment Jessica Horning Matthew H. Hardy Transit Response to Congestion Pricing Opportunities: Policy and Practice in the U.S. John Pucher Integrating Bicycling and Public Transport in North America Ralph Buehler Mario G. Beruvides The Concept of a Regional Maintenance Center James L. Simonton Natalie M. Waters Ean Ng Siva Chaivichitmalakul Cheng-Chu Chiu-Wei Pelin Z. Altintas Phil Nash 2009 Luis Barroso Paul Moon N C T R JOURNAL OF Public Transportation Volume 12, No. 3, 2009 ISSN 1077-291X TheJournal of Public Transportation is published quarterly by National Center for Transit Research Center for Urban Transportation Research University of South Florida • College of Engineering 4202 East Fowler Avenue, CUT100 Tampa, Florida 33620-5375 Phone: (813) 974-3120 Fax: (813) 974-5168 Email: [email protected] Website: www.nctr.usf.edu/jpt/journal.htm © 2009 Center for Urban Transportation Research Volume 12, No. 3, 2009 ISSN 1077-291X CONTENTS A Stated Preference Analysis of Real-Time Public Transit Stop Information Brian Caulfield, Margaret O’Mahony ...............................................................................................1 A New Customer Satisfaction Index for Evaluating Transit Service Quality Laura Eboli, Gabriella Mazzulla ....................................................................................................... 21 Bus Transit Service Planning and Operations in a Competitive Environment Ahmed M. -
Springfield Springfield
SpringfieldSpringfieldBurke FranconiaFranconia ❖❖ KingstowneKingstowne ❖❖ NewingtonNewington GotGot TheThe BeatBeat Community,Community, PagePage 99 Rebecca Kronz, a bass Classified, Page 16 Classified, drummer at West Spring- ❖ field High School, prac- tices with the rest of the drumline before taking the stage at 2009 Sym- phony of Design Indoor Sports, Page 14 ❖ Percussion and Winter Guard Competition. Calendar, Page 10 Good Friends, Good Food News, Page 3 Requested in home 02-27-09 home in Requested Time sensitive material. sensitive Time County Ups Postmaster: Attention PERMIT #31 PERMIT Elkton, MD Elkton, PAID Tax Rate Postage U.S. County Line, Page 8 STD PRSRT Photo by Robbie Hammer/The Connection Photo www.ConnectionNewspapers.comFebruary 26-March 4, 2009 Volume XXIII, Number 8 Read us onlineSpringfield at connectionnewspapers.com Connection ❖ February 26 - March 4, 2009 ❖ 1 2 ❖ Springfield Connection ❖ February 26 - March 4, 2009 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Springfield Connection Editor Michael O’Connell News 703-917-6440 or [email protected] Group Enjoys 35 Years of Fine Dining Long-time dining club “We love good food and whips up dinners with we love good international-themes. conversation and we love By Steve Hibbard getting together.” The Connection — Margie Jones, West Springfield Photo by Photo resident and charter member or 35 years, a gourmet dining group from West Springfield has on a pontoon boat ride with cocktails and been whipping up to-die-for Hemingway’s “A Moveable Feast.” When F Hibbard Steve meals and rotating host nights they did a Russian meal, they drank vodka among members. Through all the table talk shots. When they had a ’50s party, the la- of politics and religion and keeping up with dies wore poodle skirts and saddle shoes. -
Final Regulatory Assessment Final Revised
Final Regulatory Assessment Final Revised Accessibility Guidelines for Buses, Over-the-Road Buses, and Vans (36 CFR Part 1192, Subpart B) UNITED STATES ACCESS BOARD WASHINGTON, DC United States Access Board 1331 F Street, NW – Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20004-111 www.access-board.gov Nov. 9, 2016 (This page intentionally blank.) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Executive Summary .......................................................................................................................1 2. Introduction ....................................................................................................................................3 3. Background ....................................................................................................................................5 3.1. Existing Regulatory Requirements for Buses, Vans, and OTRBs .........................................5 3.2. Announcements on Fixed Route Buses – History of Compliance Issues ..............................6 3.3. Growing Use of Intelligent Transportation Systems by Transit Agencies ............................7 3.4. Final Rule – New or Revised Accessibility Requirements with Cost Impacts ......................9 4. Overview of Cost Methodology ...................................................................................................11 4.1. Automated Stop Announcement Systems – Large Transit Agencies ..................................11 4.2. Other Accessibility Requirements - Over-the-Road Buses .................................................13 4.3. -
Bus Transit Fare Collection Practices
T R A N S I T C O O P E R A T I V E R E S E A R C H P R O G R A M SPONSORED BY The Federal Transit Administration TCRP Synthesis 26 Bus Transit Fare Collection Practices A Synthesis of Transit Practice Transportation Research Board National Research Council TCRP OVERSIGHT AND PROJECT TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1997 SELECTION COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN OFFICERS MICHAEL S. TOWNES Peninsula Transportation District Chair: DAVID N. WORMLEY, Dean of Engineering, Pennsylvania State University Commission Vice Chair: SHARON D. BANKS, General Manager, AC Transit Executive Director: ROBERT E. SKINNER, JR., Transportation Research Board, National Research Council MEMBERS SHARON D. BANKS MEMBERS AC Transit LEE BARNES BRIAN J. L. BERRY, Lloyd Viel Berkner Regental Professor, Bruton Center for Development Studies, Barwood Inc University of Texas at Dallas GERALD L. BLAIR LILLIAN C. BORRONE, Director, Port Commerce Department, The Port Authority of New York and New Indiana County TransitAuthority Jersey (Past Chair, 1995) SHIRLEY A. DELIBERO DAVID G. BURWELL, President, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy New Jersey Transit Corporation E. DEAN CARLSON, Secretary, Kansas Department of Transportation ROD J. DIRIDON JAMES N. DENN, Commissioner. Minnesota Department of Transportation International Institute for Surface JOHN W. FISHER, Director, ATLSS Engineering Research Center, Lehigh University Transportation Policy Study DENNIS J. FITZGERALD, Executive Director, Capital District Transportation Authority SANDRA DRAGGOO DAVID R. GOODE, Chairman, President, and CEO, Norfolk Southern Corporation CATA DELON HAMPTON, Chairman & CEO, Delon Hampton & Associates LOUIS J. GAMBACCINI LESTER A. HOEL, Hamilton Professor, University of Virginia, Department of Civil Engineering SEPTA JAMES L. -
ACRP Report 37 – Guidebook for Planning and Implementing
AIRPORT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH ACRP PROGRAM REPORT 37 Sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration Guidebook for Planning and Implementing Automated People Mover Systems at Airports ACRP OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE* TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD 2010 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE* CHAIR OFFICERS James Wilding CHAIR: Michael R. Morris, Director of Transportation, North Central Texas Council of Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (re- Governments, Arlington tired) VICE CHAIR: Neil J. Pedersen, Administrator, Maryland State Highway Administration, Baltimore VICE CHAIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Robert E. Skinner, Jr., Transportation Research Board Jeff Hamiel MEMBERS Minneapolis–St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission J. Barry Barker, Executive Director, Transit Authority of River City, Louisville, KY Allen D. Biehler, Secretary, Pennsylvania DOT, Harrisburg MEMBERS Larry L. Brown, Sr., Executive Director, Mississippi DOT, Jackson James Crites Deborah H. Butler, Executive Vice President, Planning, and CIO, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Dallas–Fort Worth International Airport Norfolk, VA Richard de Neufville William A.V. Clark, Professor, Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles Massachusetts Institute of Technology Eugene A. Conti, Jr., Secretary of Transportation, North Carolina DOT, Raleigh Kevin C. Dolliole Unison Consulting Nicholas J. Garber, Henry L. Kinnier Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, and Director, John K. Duval Center for Transportation Studies, University of Virginia, Charlottesville Austin Commercial, LP Jeffrey W. Hamiel, Executive Director, Metropolitan Airports Commission, Minneapolis, MN Kitty Freidheim Paula J. Hammond, Secretary, Washington State DOT, Olympia Freidheim Consulting Steve Grossman Edward A. (Ned) Helme, President, Center for Clean Air Policy, Washington, DC Jacksonville Aviation Authority Adib K. Kanafani, Cahill Professor of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley Tom Jensen Susan Martinovich, Director, Nevada DOT, Carson City National Safe Skies Alliance Debra L. -
December 9, 2019 Mr. Paul Wiedefeld General Manager and Chief
December 9, 2019 Mr. Paul Wiedefeld General Manager and Chief Executive Officer Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 600 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington D.C. 20001 Mr. Paul Smedberg Chairman Board of Directors Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 600 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington D.C. 20001 Dear Mr. Wiedefeld and Mr. Smedberg: On behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), I urge you to take immediate steps to ensure that drivers and other workers currently employed at the Cinder Bed Road Metrobus facility and at Fairfax Connector receive a fair and just contract with comparable pay and benefits to those enjoyed by WMATA employees. As you know, 120 Metrobus operators represented by ATU Local 689 have been on strike since October 24th — 50 days on the picket line. More than 600 members of ATU Local 1764 have just returned to work last night after being forced to strike over unfair labor practices deployed by Metro contractor Transdev. As the General Manager and Board Chairman of WMATA, it is your responsibility to ensure that services provided to WMATA customers are reliable, and that workers are afforded the highest level of respect and dignity on the job. Today, this is simply not happening. The ongoing strike at Cinder Bed Road and the failure to resolve the labor dispute at Fairfax Connector is directly linked to WMATA’s decision to contract out these operations to Transdev. In fact, the company’s business model in Northern Virginia is premised on imposing a below- market compensation package at both Cinder Bed Road and Fairfax Connector. -
Audit of the Springfield Interchange Project
AUDIT OF THE SPRINGFIELD INTERCHANGE PROJECT Federal Highway Administration Report Number: IN-2003-003 Date Issued: November 22, 2002 Memorandum U.S. Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary of Transportation Office of Inspector General Subject: ACTION: Report on Audit of the Springfield Date: November 22, 2002 Interchange Project IN-2003-003 From: Alexis M. Stefani Reply to Attn. of: JA-30 Principal Assistant Inspector General for Auditing and Evaluation To: Federal Highway Administrator This report presents the results of our audit of the Virginia Department of Transportation’s (VDOT) Springfield Interchange project (Springfield project). The Springfield project, when completed, will improve traffic flow at the junction of Interstates (I)-95, 395, and 495 in Fairfax County, Virginia, which is one of the busiest and most congested interchanges in the country. As originally planned, the project would be constructed in eight phases and involve building or reconfiguring two major junctions along the I-95 corridor. We reviewed the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) oversight of the Springfield project. Our objectives were to determine (1) factors contributing to increased cost estimates and the reasonableness of the current cost estimate, (2) reasonableness of the current schedule, and (3) adequacy of project funding. In addition, we evaluated how deficiencies in VDOT’s project cost estimating process affected Virginia’s ability to implement its 3-year Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (3-year Transportation Plan).1 Exhibit A describes our objectives, scope, and methodology. This audit was done as part of a series of major project reviews. Congressman James P. Moran also requested a review. -
Tcrp Report 94
TRANSIT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH TCRP PROGRAM REPORT 94 Sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration Fare Policies, Structures and Technologies: Update TCRP OVERSIGHT AND PROJECT TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2003 (Membership as of March 2003) SELECTION COMMITTEE (as of October 2002) OFFICERS CHAIR Chair: Genevieve Giuliano, Director and Prof., School of Policy, Planning, and Development, USC, Los Angeles J. BARRY BARKER Vice Chair: Michael S. Townes, Exec. Dir., Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads, Hampton, VA Transit Authority of River City Executive Director: Robert E. Skinner, Jr., Transportation Research Board MEMBERS DANNY ALVAREZ MEMBERS Miami-Dade Transit Agency KAREN ANTION MICHAEL W. BEHRENS, Executive Director, Texas DOT Karen Antion Consulting JOSEPH H. BOARDMAN, Commissioner, New York State DOT GORDON AOYAGI SARAH C. CAMPBELL, President, TransManagement, Inc., Washington, DC Montgomery County Government E. DEAN CARLSON, Secretary of Transportation, Kansas DOT JEAN PAUL BAILLY JOANNE F. CASEY, President, Intermodal Association of North America Union Internationale des Transports Publics JAMES C. CODELL III, Secretary, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet RONALD L. BARNES JOHN L. CRAIG, Director, Nebraska Department of Roads Central Ohio Transit Authority BERNARD S. GROSECLOSE, JR., President and CEO, South Carolina State Ports Authority LINDA J. BOHLINGER SUSAN HANSON, Landry University Prof. of Geography, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University HNTB Corp. LESTER A. HOEL, L. A. Lacy Distinguished Professor, Depart. of Civil Engineering, University of Virginia ANDREW BONDS, JR. HENRY L. HUNGERBEELER, Director, Missouri DOT Parsons Transportation Group, Inc. JENNIFER L. DORN ADIB K. KANAFANI, Cahill Prof. and Chair, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of FTA California at Berkeley NATHANIEL P. -
Smart Location Database Technical Documentation and User Guide
SMART LOCATION DATABASE TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION AND USER GUIDE Version 3.0 Updated: June 2021 Authors: Jim Chapman, MSCE, Managing Principal, Urban Design 4 Health, Inc. (UD4H) Eric H. Fox, MScP, Senior Planner, UD4H William Bachman, Ph.D., Senior Analyst, UD4H Lawrence D. Frank, Ph.D., President, UD4H John Thomas, Ph.D., U.S. EPA Office of Community Revitalization Alexis Rourk Reyes, MSCRP, U.S. EPA Office of Community Revitalization About This Report The Smart Location Database is a publicly available data product and service provided by the U.S. EPA Smart Growth Program. This version 3.0 documentation builds on, and updates where needed, the version 2.0 document.1 Urban Design 4 Health, Inc. updated this guide for the project called Updating the EPA GSA Smart Location Database. Acknowledgements Urban Design 4 Health was contracted by the U.S. EPA with support from the General Services Administration’s Center for Urban Development to update the Smart Location Database and this User Guide. As the Project Manager for this study, Jim Chapman supervised the data development and authored this updated user guide. Mr. Eric Fox and Dr. William Bachman led all data acquisition, geoprocessing, and spatial analyses undertaken in the development of version 3.0 of the Smart Location Database and co- authored the user guide through substantive contributions to the methods and information provided. Dr. Larry Frank provided data development input and reviewed the report providing critical input and feedback. The authors would like to acknowledge the guidance, review, and support provided by: • Ruth Kroeger, U.S. General Services Administration • Frank Giblin, U.S. -
Herndon on a Holiday High News, Page 5
HomeLifeStyle Page, 6 Friends Kenneth Vo, Daniela Bruno and Alexa Smith, age 12, stand first in line for a chat with Santa during Santa, Stars and S’mores held in Runnymede Park in Herndon. Classifieds, Page 6 Classifieds, v Entertainment, Page 8 v Opinion, Page 4 Herndon on a Holiday High News, Page 5 Connector Requested in home 12-12-19 home in Requested Time sensitive material. material. sensitive Time Bus Strike Ends Postmaster: Attention News, Page 3 WSS ECR Postal Customer Postal permit #322 permit Easton, MD Easton, PAID Holiday Entertainment Postage U.S. Calendar, Page 8 STD PRSRT Photo by Mercia Hobson/The Connection by Mercia Hobson/The Photo December 11-17, 2019 online at www.connectionnewspapers.com See why News millions trust us for Home Herndon Family Escapes Fire & Auto. Two-story home engulfed in flames. Kyle Knight Ins Agcy Inc I’m here to help life go right, by saving you hree children and two Kyle Knight, Agent time and money when you combine your adults safely exited their 11736 Bowman Green Drive home and auto insurance. T Herndon home after it Reston, VA 20190 CALL ME TODAY. caught fire early Monday morning, ACROSS FROM RESTON TOWN CTR. firefighters said. Fairfax County WWW.KYLEKNIGHT.ORG Fire and Rescue, along with 703-435-2300 Loudoun County Fire & Rescue State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company responded to the house fire shortly State Farm Fire and Casualty Company Bloomington, IL before 3 a.m. in the 1100-block of Silver Beech Road in the Herndon area located near Route 7.