“We’ve got to move people around our region and get them more access to jobs.” – Lee Harris, Mayor of Shelby County Funding for public transportation is a concern for…
“No one is going to use transit unless they feel it meets their needs” – Ron Kilcoyne There are two guests this week on Transit Unplugged – Butch McDuffie, Director…
“Passenger railway does a good job [in Australia] moving big numbers of people into city centers.” Bidding 2019 goodbye, Paul Comfort breaks down the top three trends from interviewing transit’s…
“Anything we can do to make the people’s vision, the people’s goal, and the people’s plan is part of what we’re trying to produce.” Culture is a big proponent of…
“We measure economic, environmental, and social benefits and try to drive to that bottom line.” – Doug Morgan, Director at Calgary Transit “As transit people, we have to figure out…
“You can choose what you want the future to look like.” One-hundred years ago, Mr. William P. Eno started a transportation specific think tank. The Eno Center of Transportation (Eno)…
“In transit, we sometimes err on the side of the known rather than on the side of the innovative.” On the second anniversary of Transit Unplugged, Paul sits down with…
“The best thing that probably happened to the transit industry was some healthy competition.” Debbie Dalle Vedove started her transit career as an operator. She moved up the ladder and…
“We’re all here for one reason, to provide service to a customer.” TransLink is the recipient of APTA’s 2019 Outstanding Public Transportation System Achievement Award. TransLink’s CEO, Kevin Desmond, discusses their impressive 18% growth…
“Our motto is, ‘We’ll do whatever it takes to get it done.’” BC Transit has a service area of 944,000 square kilometers (360,000 square miles – which is about 40%…