An overview of the transit agency bus scheduling process. In the news this week, San Francisco tries off-board fare payment, New York plans to restore some services that were eliminated in 2010 due to budget cuts, and the fallacy of traffic projections is exposed.
SF: http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2012/07/experiment-worth-watching-all-door-bus-boarding-san-francisco/2543/ and http://www.humantransit.org/2012/07/in-san-francisco-passengers-will-be-able-to-board-through-any-door-of-any-city-bus-as-they-have-long-been-able-to-do-on-ligh.html
NYC: http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/07/19/mta-partially-restores-transit-service-and-adds-some-new-bus-routes/
MN: http://www.streets.mn/2012/07/23/the-projections-fallacy/
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