Public transport bus service

Summary of Findings •High quality public transportation (convenient, comfortable, fast rail and bus transport) and transit oriented development (walkable, mixed-use communities located around transit stations) tend to affect travel activity in ways that provide large health benefits, including reduced traffic crashes and pollution emissions, increased physical fitness, improved mental health, improved basic access to medical care and healthy food and increased affordability which reduces…

reloadable, electronic fare card that works everywhere on transit in Metro Vancouver. TransLink's Compass Card program has been delayed once again and there is no date set for the roll-out of the automated fare card program for Metro Vancouver transit services. The $200 million system is supposed to stop cheaters and make riding transit easier, but testing shows the card readers are too slow and inaccurate. The fare gates and card scanners have already been installed and about 85,000 people,…

and his brothers are not home when they should be. Dominic said "hey shouldn’t we get Tristan's brothers from school." Me and Tristan "nah." so we just got in his truck (really its his dads truck but he drives it up and down his dirt road for the bus). We hop in the truck Tristan driving, cause he is the oldest and we drive to my house because I have guns and defenses. As were driving we see waves of people, young, old and babies in the street being pushed. we take a hard left into my…

Let me set the scene, I wake up earlier than I should during summer break and get on the train from Queens to Brooklyn. As I walk through the Brooklyn streets I felt the most out of place that I have ever felt. At first, when walking out of the subway station everything seemed like a normal day. I stood outside the Marcy Projects (a cheaper housing choice in NYC), where I found myself looking at familiar faces of Hispanic, African-American people and the occasional Caucasian tourist walking…

In the 1880’s, trains were the most known transportation in New York City. The first type of trains were horse drawn carts. Another name for it is horsecars. Horse cars are operated by a horse pulling a cart on a railroad. This invention however backfired. The horses were too slow and could give bad disease. So the next idea were elevated trains, known as “el.” The els were a cable powered car that used rail to move. This invention was a success, we even still use them today. The latest…

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, also known as Amtrak is a passenger railroad service that provides medium- and long-distance intercity service throughout United States. Founded in 1971 to revive passenger rail service, congress passed the Rail Passenger Service Act which in turn created Amtrak. Amtrak serves more than 500 destinations in 46 states and three Canadian provinces, operating more than 300 trains each day over 21,300 miles with travel speeds as high as 150 mph.…

about the way SEPTA runs. Many philadelphia citizens take public transportation daily. We trust that the system will get us to our destination. I have seen that recently over a couple of years that people feel angered by SEPTA. I think the anger comes from the delays, the detours, the wait time and the physical condition of the buses and trains. The buses are old and do not run very fast at times. The condition of the interior of the bus is questionable with seats being dirty and stained.…

Should the elderly receive free bus rides? Should the elderly receive free bus rides ? the elderly should not pay for public transport, because they are limited in their finance. Most of the elderly are retired and have no more income coming in. The only money they have left its for them to buy their food , medicine, rent etc or even maybe to go on a mini vacations. I say vacation because the money they get from retirement they should be able to enjoy it on a vacation every once in a while.…

practices are closely aligned with the New Public Service world view faces in discharging her duties to the public. In an attempt to answer the central question of how and in whose interest do public administrators serve as agential leaders, three tenets, key to a good public agency that administers in the interest of the public will be discussed. The role of public administrators as educators of the public, as facilitators and as bridges that reconnect public agencies with citizens (residents)…

The practice of state asset management being recognized by many countries due to its essential role to perform public service provision. Many countries realize that efficient and effective state asset management policies and practices will give more benefits more than the government’s initial investment. State asset management practices in every country may different as there is a difference in some aspects such as different in definition and scope of the asset, accounting and information system…