CUTR Webcast Recording: Human Transit – Tools for Clarifying Transit Debates

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May 3, 2012 Why are transit debates so difficult and confusing? In Human Transit, Jarrett Walker suggests that we need to return to the essential features of transit – the geometry of line, network, and frequency that all transit technologies share. Many great mistakes – in both transit planning and transit oriented development – have…

CUTR Webcast Recording: Tracking Costs of Alternatively Fueled Buses in Florida

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March 8, 2012 Transit agencies across Florida have been dealing with escalating fuel prices and changes in environmental regulations affecting the use of diesel engines and diesel fuel. In an effort to address rising fuel costs and environmental concerns, many agencies have introduced alternative fuel technologies to their traditional diesel-powered fleets, including biodiesel, compressed natural…