Roaring Fork receives FTA money
The Federal Transit Administration has given Roaring Fork Transportation Authority in Glenwood Springs, CO nearly $25 million for a new express bus service.
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Chicago RTA presents projects list
Chicago’s Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) has presented a list of 13 planning, operating and capital projects through its funding program.
Religious Groups Travel to Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is Georgia’s capital and largest city. Atlanta has many attractions as well as over 1,000 places of worship, making the city a great destination for religious group travel. Mark Vaughan, executive vice president and chief sales offic…
Pat Boone Family Theater to Open in Myrtle Beach
The Pat Boone Family Theater, across from Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach, S.C., is scheduled to open Saturday, Oct. 1. Over the next few weeks, construction crews and theater staff will be working on the renovations to the 18,000-square-foot theater’s home, the former location of the NASCAR Cafe. The PBF Theater’s formal grand […]
Barbados Vies to become top Caribbean Religious Travel Destination
A local pastor is appealing to the church community in this country to work together to help make Barbados the most preferred religious destination in the Caribbean. The call is coming from Senator Apostle David Durant. His comments came yesterday morn…
San Francisco Says No to Tour Buses
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has implemented a new “NO TOUR BUSES” zone near the Fisherman’s Wharf area of San Francisco. The area, which is popular with bus drivers traveling to and from Downtown San Francisco to the popular destination of Fisherman’s Wharf, has been marked off with signs that read No Commercial Vehicles […]
WorldStrides Announces Rebranding of Divisions
WorldStrides, one of the largest educational student travel organizations in the nation, is rebranding its primary programs and divisions into three cohesive brands. Since 1967, WorldStrides has provided four million students the opportunity to learn beyond classroom walls. Now, it is introducing new brand names that will help unite its broad-ranging offerings of educational programs. […]
Make the next step a Mash-Up
Transit agencies across the nation are getting creative in their integration of proven technologies that include WiFi and cellular networks, GPS, smartphones, surveillance cameras, accelerometers, motion detectors and software to ensure passenger safety and decrease costs and legal liabilities. Call it a mash-up.
NJ Transit Access Link is in good hands
Operated under contract by First Transit, NJ Transit’s Access Link program offers transportation options for customers.
The best bus plant in the world just gets better
Five years ago in BUSRide, I wrote on my visit to the Mercedes Benz plant in Hoşdere just west of Istanbul in the small part of Turkey that lies in Europe.