Category: General

Enhancing Campus Mobility: How On-Demand Transportation Can Improve Student Life

3 min read

October 3, 2024

In today’s fast-paced world, efficient and reliable transportation is crucial for enhancing the quality of life on college campuses. For transportation and security staff at… Continue Reading

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The Cost of Missed Medical Appointments: A Hidden Burden on Healthcare

4 min read

August 29, 2024

Missed medical appointments are a significant issue in the healthcare system, affecting doctors, hospitals, and the overall healthcare infrastructure. These missed appointments, often referred to… Continue Reading

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5 Essential Safety Measures for University Transportation Departments

3 min read

August 22, 2024

In today’s fast-paced world, ensuring the safety and security of students, faculty, and staff is paramount for universities. Here are five essential safety measures that can help enhance the safety and efficiency of university transportation systems. Continue Reading

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Campus Transit Connects Communities to Opportunities

5 min read

August 14, 2024

If you’ve ever lived close to a college or university, you know they bring richness and diversity to their communities. Some campuses are thoroughly intertwined… Continue Reading

Introducing the New TransLoc General Manager, Chip Schuneman

6 min read

May 14, 2024

Mobility

Renewed focus on our customers and building best-in-class transit solutions To welcome our new GM Chip Schuneman to TransLoc and the Modaxo family, we sat… Continue Reading

Why Can’t Your Bus Be a Third Place?

5 min read

November 26, 2023

Public Transit

Back in 1989, urban sociologist Ray Oldenburg published the book The Great Good Place. It fired up a discussion about the social importance of public… Continue Reading

Can We Use Nudges to Increase Ridership?

4 min read

November 22, 2023

Public Transit

Cars are glorified in our culture. We’re bombarded with advertising that features drivers speeding down empty city streets or bucolic country roads, when in reality,… Continue Reading

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Is Your Transit Agency Prepared for Bed Bugs?

4 min read

November 8, 2023

Public Transit

What’s more terrifying than snakes on a plane? It’s bed bugs on your bus. Right now, the city of Paris is experiencing an outbreak of… Continue Reading

Do You Have the Personality Type for a Career in Public Transit?

7 min read

November 1, 2023

People

Every child loves transportation. There doesn’t exist a train, trash truck, motorbike or city bus that escapes the notice of a kid in a car… Continue Reading

Pop-up protected bike lane and protected intersection by Nickfalbo

Taking It to the Street: Tactical Urbanism

3 min read

October 25, 2023

Equity

There is something very exciting about acting directly to correct a problem or remedy a disparity. It’s the reason that organizations like Donors Choose, Kickstarter,… Continue Reading

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Busman’s Holiday? Don’t Miss These Bus Museums and Events

3 min read

August 29, 2023

Public Transit

Pity the American bus aficionado. It seems unfair that in North America we don’t really appreciate our buses. Americans seem to prefer automobile, train, aviation… Continue Reading

stressed neurodiverse college student in class

How Colleges Can Make Campuses More Accommodating to Neurodivergent Students

5 min read

August 18, 2023

Universities

Approximately one in five people live with neurodiversity conditions, including autism spectrum disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), attention deficit disorder (ADD) and a range of learning… Continue Reading