Thursday, June 25, 2009 #

Time to pony up

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) continues to push for the motorcoach industry to add seat belts to protect passengers. In Australia, seat belts have been required in motorcoaches since 1994, while the European Union has made them mandatory since 1997. Texas will be the first in the U.S. to require seat belts on all tour buses chartered for school trips starting in 2011.
posted @ Thursday, June 25, 2009 10:44 AM | Feedback (9)

Thursday, June 18, 2009 #

It's going to be tricky

The public transportation industry is awakening to a new outlook on their future role in transit. Instead of making a wish list of capital plans, dreams are becoming realities. Transit is being urged to speed up plans for expanding facilities and buying new buses and equipment to meet the new growing demand.
posted @ Thursday, June 18, 2009 11:54 AM | Feedback (10)

Thursday, June 11, 2009 #

Time to think ahead

With gas prices fluctuating so much over the last year and expected to only increase, it is no wonder that the auto industry has suffered. Add to that, the current recession, an increased focus on the environment and a newfound love for public transit, and you begin to wonder whether the auto industry will ever recover.
posted @ Thursday, June 11, 2009 12:34 PM | Feedback (7)

Thursday, June 04, 2009 #

Employment bus is transit's boon

Much attention is being paid to workforce development by the transit industry. APTA has put together a blue ribbon task force to study the issues and make recommendations. The association's business members are being encouraged to participate in the study.
posted @ Thursday, June 04, 2009 3:49 PM | Feedback (4)

Friday, May 29, 2009 #

Employment bust is transit's boon

A lot of attention is being paid to workforce development by the transit industry. APTA has a put together a blue ribbon task force to study the issues and make recommendations. The association's business members are being encouraged to participate in the study.
posted @ Friday, May 29, 2009 2:22 PM | Feedback (2)

Thursday, May 14, 2009 #

Is it going too far?

To me, there were so many reasons not to own a cell phone. The least of which is my frustration of being stuck behind somebody on the road who is paying more attention to their phone call than their driving. Yet finally, after much chastising from family and friends, who felt it important for me to have one “just in case,” I relented less than two years ago.
posted @ Thursday, May 14, 2009 11:07 AM | Feedback (22)

Thursday, April 09, 2009 #

Not "good" enough

The term “transit funding” has become an oxymoron to transit agencies. Suddenly, money is literally being thrown at transit agencies to spend as quickly as they can. However, they cannot spend it on operations.
posted @ Thursday, April 09, 2009 4:16 PM | Feedback (12)

Monday, February 23, 2009 #

The real stimulus benefactors

The billions of stimulus dollars that will be made available to transit agencies will flow through them into contracts for all kinds of goods and services. The real benefactors of this money will be the companies and suppliers that provide these goods and services.
posted @ Monday, February 23, 2009 3:45 PM | Feedback (3)

Monday, February 09, 2009 #

Famine or feast?

The transit industry is viewed as a part of the nation's infrastructure, so it is entitled to some of the stimulus money being spread around the country.
posted @ Monday, February 09, 2009 11:34 AM | Feedback (7)

Thursday, December 18, 2008 #

Deep pockets for Wall Street

Public transit is as much a part of the nation's infrastructure as highways, sanitation systems and other civil needs. Once in a while I hear, as background noise, references to upgrading our country’s infrastructure. The economy’s chaotic credit system is getting all the attention and billions of dollars are being made available to prop it up.
posted @ Thursday, December 18, 2008 3:34 PM | Feedback (4)
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Dan Reichard, a long-time member of the transit industry, was installed into APTA's Hall of Fame in 2006 and is an honorary member of APTA's Business Member Board of Governors.

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