INTERNATIONAL TRANSIT STUDIES PROGRAM
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The team for the spring 2011 mission studied the new BRT system in Guangzhou, China, which earned the 2011 Sustainable Transport Award. The system is integrated with a bike-sharing program, bike lanes, and metro stations, which has led to widespread acceptance and use of the system. The team also met with leaders of public transport systems in Ahmedabad and Delhi, India; and Hangzhou and Shanghai, China.
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Call for Nominations Issued for "Protecting Passengers, Employees, and Property: Building a Safety Culture"Sustainable Public Transportation in China and India: Report Now Available |
Nominations Now Being Accepted for Study Mission on Building a Safety CultureA call for nominations for team member positions for the spring 2012 study mission on Protecting Passengers, Employees, and Property: Building a Safety Culture has been issued. The deadline for nominations is Friday, February 24. More than 10 billion trips were provided on US public transportation systems in 2009, and that number is expected to increase steadily as fuel prices remain high, the population continues to grow, and the economy rebounds. Public transportation is one of the safest means of travel, according to the Federal Transit Administration. Yet keeping the system safe and secure—protecting passengers, employees, and property—is a growing challenge for public transport agencies. Their vehicles and infrastructure are wearing out; increasing numbers of their most highly experienced staff members are retiring from the workforce; ever-more-sophisticated electronics and technologies call for frequent training and retraining of staff; and the open access that is fundamental to public transport systems leaves them vulnerable to attacks by vandals, terrorists, and other criminals. This mission, which will take place May 4-18, 2012, will examine the organizational, operational, and regulatory practices that underpin a pervasive and effective safety culture and yield a high level of safety and security on public transport systems in several cities in Europe (a preliminary list includes Manchester and Liverpool, UK; Zurich and Lausanne, Switzerland; Madrid, Spain; and Copenhagen, Denmark). The mission will be led by Thomas Prendergast, President, New York City Transit. Nominees must be in a management-level position at a US transit agency, a state department of transportation, or a nonoperating agency that plays a major role in planning or financing public transportation in the United States. More information and nomination instructions (PDF) Fillable cover sheet (PDF) If you have any questions, please contact Kathryn Harrington-Hughes, Project Manager, at 443-385-0300 (khh@tcrpstudymissions.com).
Environmentally Friendly Mobility in India and ChinaIn spring 2011, a team of public transport professionals examined how transit systems in several cities in India and China have designed and implemented well-integrated transit systems that create more livable communities, reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions, lower operating costs, and improve the safety and accessibility of bus, metro, bus rapid transit, rail, and light rail systems. Their findings are now available in Sustainable Public Transportation: Environmentally Friendly Mobility (Research Results Digest 103), which was published in December 2011 by the Transportation Research Board. The study mission was led by Kevin Desmond, general manager of King County Metro Transit. International Transit Studies Program • Sponsored by the Transit Cooperative Research Program of the Transportation Research Board |