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UK’s first “accredited mobility hub” unveiled in London
The hub will feature electric car club bay, EV charging facilities, as well as community spaces and access to the London Underground network nearby.
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Addison Lee to become London’s biggest cab firm
Addison Lee will incorporate some of London’s iconic black cabs into its platform after it announced it will acquire ComCab, City Fleet Networks, and Flightlink International.
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MassDOT and MBTA launch survey to help redesign bus network
Both MassDOT and the MBTA are looking for riders in the Massachusetts Bay area to respond to the survey in order to ensure the data they have collected matches up with riders’ experiences.
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Stagecoach to offer discounted travel for NHS staff in Scotland
Stagecoach will offer cheaper bus tickets to more than 100,000 NHS staff in Scotland as it looks to get more people out of private cars and into buses.
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CTA drops capacity limits on buses and trains in Chicago
Transit Ambassadors will help welcome and reassure travellers back onto Chicago’s transit network, while the CTA has also announced it’s dropping capacity limits on its buses and trains.
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TfL announce measures to tackle hate crime on London’s transport
TfL says it will introduce further education to both transport staff and schoolchildren on how to deal with hate crime, and has launched a poster campaign on the UK capital’s transport network to highlight the issue.
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TIER putting safety first in London e-scooter trial
With the public remaining sceptical on the rollout of e-scooters across the UK, TIER Vice President Fred Jones explains the steps his company is taking to make its vehicles safe for all road users, and with that win over some hearts and minds during London’s e-scooter trial.
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MTA registers close to 2.5 million riders in post-pandemic record
The MTA has registered several records in recent weeks as New York begins to open up and New Yorkers begin to return to the city’s subway system.
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Voi to add artificial noise to e-scooters
Voi says it will work with the RNIB to assess the results of the scheme, which will also involve making its scooter racks more visible to those with impaired vision.
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Maas North America 2021: A sneak preview
Ahead of Intelligent Transport’s Maas North America online conference, Junior Editor Joshua Minchin speaks to three of the participants to get a sneak preview of what they are hoping to discuss at the event at the end of this month.
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Addressing the issues for sustainable Mobility-as-a-Service
Following the latest Intelligent Transport webinar supported by HERE Technologies, we put the audience’s questions to the speakers from HERE, MOIA and Bosch to understand how to overcome the hurdles for sustainable MaaS.
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Smarter, safer passenger experiences – why collaboration is key
The Synectics webinar will outline just how crucial collaboration between transport operators is when it comes to improving passenger experience, especially data-sharing.
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The British city revolutionising local transport with DRT
Listen to Via's podcast with Adele Wearing, Strategic Lead for Passenger Transport at Milton Keynes Council, and Councillor Lauren Townsend on how the city is providing efficient, cost-effective transport that helps reach sustainability goals and much more.
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Washington DC’s Metro rolls out SmarTrip with Google Pay
The new mobile payment capacity will be accepted anywhere SmarTrip is accepted, including on all Metrorail, Metrobus, and some regional services.
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Buttigieg “grateful” for transit agencies’ efforts in vaccination push
Transit agencies have been crucial in providing citizens across the US with transit to and from their vaccine appointments, often free of charge.