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Does eliminating fares make public transport more equitable?
Eliminating fares within public transport is a topic of greater discussion now than it has ever been. For Intelligent Transport, Carol Schweiger takes up the debate.
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Bus projects announced in Massachusetts to ease congestion in Boston
Massachusetts authorities are planning some quick-build projects in a bid to extend the bus network in Boston and help to relieve some of the most congested areas of the city.
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MBTA continues to fund bus improvements through Transit Priority Group
The MBTA will commit to funding the Transit Priority Group for another year, as it looks to improve bus travel in Boston through bus lanes and signal priority.
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Five mobility trends to watch out for in 2021
Carol Schweiger lays out her vision for the transport industry in 2021, while reflecting on last year’s predictions and assessing how many of them came to fruition.
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BRT and urban space allocation crucial to battling back against car traffic
As COVID-19 has changed the way that the residents of Greater Boston travel, ITDP's Julia Wallerce believes a major rethink in how space is divided between pedestrians, cars, and transit is needed.
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Handing real-time information to bus staff
Logan Nash, Director of Transit Technology at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Customer Technology Department, explains how the authority has applied modern principles of research, design and technology to build an internal dispatch app for its bus field staff, and the opportunities this presents for rider-facing technology.
