Strategically deployed at stations throughout the Amtrak system, the Amtrak Police K-9 Unit is trained to detect threats from explosives. These teams undergo an 11-week training program where the conventional bomb dogs are taught odor recognition. Some of these dogs continue their training to become Vapor Wake Detection Canines, where they are trained to alert […]
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Amtrak K-9 Unit: Trained to Keep America’s Railroad Safe
Thursday, July 25th, 2013California Voting and Suburbanization Patterns: Implications for Transit Policy
Friday, July 19th, 2013
MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE Introduction Public transit investment represents a key strategy for revitalizing center cities and reducing the harmful effects of driving on the environment. However, enacting transit projects often requires approval of the median voter – that is, that at least 50% of the electorate plus one, the median voter – vote to approve. […]
View this complete post...San Francisco, CA: A Day in the Life of Cyclists
Thursday, July 18th, 2013
A Day in the Life of San Francisco Cyclists – 6.30.13 from BikeWrappers on Vimeo. Took advantage of the beautiful un-foggy June day and got some shots of cyclists all throughout the city of San Francisco on 6.30.13 that tries to encompass how great of a cycling city SF really is…
View this complete post...NYC: Working the “A” Train (1981)
Wednesday, July 17th, 2013–mtainfo on YouTube. From the New York Transit Museum archives, a 1981 documentary about the workers who make “A” train service possible. A production of the New York State Museum. New York Transit Museum: http://www.mta.info/museumNew York State Museum: http://www.nysm.nysed.gov
View this complete post...Can-Do States
Wednesday, July 17th, 2013Innovation NewsBriefsVol. 24, No. 9 Recently, Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) called for a $5.5 billion emergency federal program “to fix the nation’s backlog of deficient and structurally obsolete bridges” (H.R. 2428). He was responding to the well- publicized collapse of the I-5 bridge in Washington State . “It’s an emergency out there,” Rahall proclaimed at […]
View this complete post...California Household Travel Survey
Tuesday, July 16th, 2013
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
The 2010-2012 California Household Travel Survey (CHTS) was a unique statewide, collaborative effort to gather travel information needed for regional and statewide travel and environmental models using the same instrument and methods across the state.
Older Pedestrians at Risk
Friday, July 12th, 2013
TRI-STATE TRANSPORTATION CAMPAIGN Introduction Pedestrians 60 years and older are disproportionately at risk of being killed in collisions with vehicles while walking. In the United States, those 60 and older make up 18.5 percent of the population but 25.7 percent of the pedestrian fatalities. In New Jersey, Connecticut and downstate New York, those 60 and […]
View this complete post...Salt Lake City, UT: A Conservative State Builds Progressive Transit
Thursday, July 11th, 2013
Salt Lake City: A Conservative State Builds Progressive Transit from Streetfilms on Vimeo. According to Congress for New Urbanism President John Norquist, the Salt Lake City area has the fastest growing rail system in America. And as Streetsblog’s Angie Schmitt pointed out last month, “It’s the only city in the country building light rail, bus […]
View this complete post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Martin H. Duke, Editor-in-Chief, Seattle Transit Blog
Tuesday, July 9th, 2013
Martin H. Duke on the state of Seattle, what Seattle needs to fix, getting in touch with local politicians and the vision and promise of Seattle Transit Blog
View this complete post...Seattle, WA: Local Waterfront Transit
Monday, July 8th, 2013
WATERFRONT SEATTLE
This study evaluates and compares historic streetcars, modern streetcars, and rubber tire transit for operating characteristics, effects on the environment, and cost. These transit options will focus on moving people along the waterfront; characteristics include high frequency operations, ease of passenger boarding, and connections to other major transit modes.
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