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MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE
On July 11, 2011, StarMetro, the local public transit agency in Tallahassee, Florida, restructured its entire bus network from a downtown-focused radial system to a decentralized, grid-like system that local officials and agency leaders believed would better serve the dispersed local pattern of population and employment.
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MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE
This study provides a comprehensive assessment of current ferry operations in the state of California. this work was conducted to assist the California Department of transportation (Caltrans) comply with requirements in the federal MAp-21 legislation (the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act). MAP-21 is the first multi-year transportation authorization enacted since 2005 and funds surface transportation programs at over $105 billion for fiscal years 2013 and 2014.
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Don’t miss the most exciting high speed rail event of the year – High Speed Rail 2012 – Los Angeles is the place to be December 3-5.
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Don’t miss the most exciting high speed rail event of the year – High Speed Rail 2012 – Los Angeles is the place to be December 3-5. Business and political leaders will come together with the world’s top experts to bring high speed rail to America, starting in California. Construction is about to get underway [...]
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MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE Introduction Over the past several decades, the transportation revenues available from state and federal gas taxes have fallen significantly, especially in terms of inflation-adjusted dollars per mile traveled. At the same time, the transportation system requires critical—and expensive— system upgrades. Among other needs, a large portion of the national highway system requires [...]
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MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE
In one sense, a city’s or region’s bicycling network is all of its roads and paths on which bicycling is permitted. However, some streets provide such a poor level of safety and comfort for bicycling that the majority of the population considers them unsuitable for bicycling.
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Secretary Norman Y. Mineta founded the Mineta Transportation Institute, which is part of the Lucas Graduate School of Business at San José State University in San José, Calif. He is an internationally recognized expert in transportation policy, with many distinguished accomplishments in transportation and business. Currently he is vice chair of Hill & Knowlton Global [...]
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MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE
This study assesses the overall employment, education, and training needs associated with building the California High-Speed Rail (CHSR) network.
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MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE
This report presents the preliminary results of the second year of a random-digit-dial public opinion telephone survey investigating support among members of the public for a variety of transportation tax options at the federal level. The survey results show that a majority of Americans would support higher taxes for transportation—under certain conditions.
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MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE
Increasingly, bicycling and transit are receiving attention in planning circles in their own right. Many countries are experiencing rising levels of cycling and available reports of transit ridership suggest that the United States had the highest transit patronage in 52 years in absolute terms in 2008 despite falling gas prices. Several studies suggest that the growth in both modes may in small part be a result of the integration of the two modes.
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