Trillium recently completed DouglasRides.org. It’s a website that combines fixed-route and demand-response information in Douglas County, Oregon (which includes the communities of Roseburg, Winston, Sutherlin, and other cities). Customers can plan their entire trip by stitching together fixed route services and demand response services. Just click on a service, and information pops up or you […]
Last week I visited Salt Lake City to deliver a presentation at the TRB Intercity and Rural Public Transportation Conference. The topic: “Connected Intercity Travelers”. Here’s the visual aid; I used Prezi instead of a slide-deck. I like the way it provides a navigational structure for the information. I’ve begun reoriented my presentations to help […]
There are many electronic media for transit agencies to communicate information, including email lists, text messaging systems, social media, websites and mobile apps. How do transit agencies pick the media that is best, and assemble a coherent strategy and toolbox? Technology choices are not easy because there can be so much to consider. If we […]
Here’s a guest post from Adham Fisher, who puts mobile applications to the test in his attempts to quickly visit all stations within a subway system. Transit technology is advancing all the time, and in my pursuits this is a good thing. I try to visit all stations on urban rail networks as quickly as […]