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    Powerful Knowledge

    Sept. 11, 2014
    As I stood in line to vote this morning at the elementary school that serves as our polling place, I noticed a bulletin board showing how various students had completed the phrase...
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    Keeping Up with the Times

    Sept. 11, 2014
    Quick Response (QR) codes have started to pop up in a variety of places, TV ads, newspaper or magazines, billboards and even on bus placards and now in the pages of “Mass Transit...
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    STOPwatch@theStop allows riders to see the exact minutes until their bus arrives at the Illinois Terminal Building.
    STOPwatch@theStop allows riders to see the exact minutes until their bus arrives at the Illinois Terminal Building.
    STOPwatch@theStop allows riders to see the exact minutes until their bus arrives at the Illinois Terminal Building.
    STOPwatch@theStop allows riders to see the exact minutes until their bus arrives at the Illinois Terminal Building.
    STOPwatch@theStop allows riders to see the exact minutes until their bus arrives at the Illinois Terminal Building.
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    Real-Time Benefits

    March 18, 2014
    It’s cold outside. Across town someone is waiting for a bus. The print schedule says it arrives at 10:05, but it is now 10:20 and no bus in sight. Just four blocks away, the bus...
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    Funding Streetcar Projects

    March 18, 2014
    The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) New Starts/Small Starts project approval process has proven challenging for streetcar projects, yet changes may make the pathway to funding...
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    Moving in Memphis

    March 18, 2014
    I had read about Memphis Area Transit Authority President/General Manager William Hudson, Jr.’s beginnings in public transportation before going to visit MATA, but I had to ask...

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    BRT Update

    March 18, 2014
    Bus rapid transit (BRT) has gained in popularity over the last few years; however, how it works often varies from agency to agency. Here we'll take a look at five different BRT...
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    Helene Kornblatt joined HNTB Corp. as senior environmental sciences and planning director and Southern California practice leader.
    Helene Kornblatt joined HNTB Corp. as senior environmental sciences and planning director and Southern California practice leader.
    Helene Kornblatt joined HNTB Corp. as senior environmental sciences and planning director and Southern California practice leader.
    Helene Kornblatt joined HNTB Corp. as senior environmental sciences and planning director and Southern California practice leader.
    Helene Kornblatt joined HNTB Corp. as senior environmental sciences and planning director and Southern California practice leader.
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    How has your agency negotiated cost-saving alternatives with unions?

    April 22, 2011
    Atlanta, Ga.Deborah DawsonAssistant General Manager of Human ResourcesMetropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA)Despite challenging financial times, the Metropolitan...