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Consider Third-party Accessibility Testing to Enhance Digital Accessibility and Ensure Compliance with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and Screen Readers.

Consider third-party accessibility testing to enhance digital accessibility and ensure compliance with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and screen readers. Valley Metro employed a third-…
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06/30/2023

Tacoma-based Pilot Project Offering First/Last Mile Service Reveals Interagency Communication and Clarity Are Key When Working with Other Transit Agencies.

Communicating and interviewing project staff at other transit agencies is a key part of hosting first/last mile partnerships, and helps foster best practices for project design. Reviewing TNC and…
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06/25/2021

Participate in truckers' meetings to advertise new freight advanced traveler information systems, communicate changes in existing systems, and obtain feedback from stakeholders.

Participate in truckers' group meetings to exchange information about traveler information systems. Much can be gained for state DOTs and local transportation agencies to participate in truckers'…
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03/23/2011

Provision of First/Last-mile System in Pierce County, Washington Was Found to be up to 54 Percent More Cost Effective than Fixed Route Services with Similar Objectives.

METHODOLOGY For the evaluation of different hypotheses, a variety of methodologies were considered including survey analysis, activity data analysis, and time series analysis.  For the survey…
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04/24/2023

84 percent of survey respondents found traveler information provided by WSDOT useful, with 95 percent saying it should continue to collect and distribute travel congestion information.

Methodology An anonymous Internet survey was conducted to obtain the opinions of individuals who seek information on WSDOT's traveler information website. The survey was posted as a link on WSDOT's…
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06/03/2013

Transit signal priority detection systems range from $2,500 to $40,000 per intersection and $50 to $2,500 per vehicle, depending on the type of detection used.

Background Transit preferential treatments have been deployed across the United States and around the world in order to improve travel times and reliability of bus and light rail routes. Examples of…
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06/03/2013
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Transit Signal Priority (PT09)