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Our Transit Equity Project
It will be no surprise to our readers to hear that that there are some in the community who believe that our transit system has become less equitable in recent years as light-rail openings and budget-driven bus cutbacks create a perception of different service for different parts of the community. But is that accurate? Light…
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ODOT Has $21M in Flexible Funds Available
Convince your City or County to apply for a good project: The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is pleased to announce the availability of $21 million in federal transportation funds for the Fall 2010 application cycle for the newly created Flexible Funds Program. The Oregon Transportation Commission (OTC) has directed that these funds be made…
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GTFS Infects Bing Maps
Google Transit drove the creation of GTFS (once named Google Transit Feed Specification, but now known as General Transit Feed Specification), a way for transit agencies to publish their schedule data in an open way, but it has found lots of other uses, and now Microsoft has added it to their Bing maps.