#publictransit — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #publictransit, aggregated by home.social.
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It will be impossible for Ontario to implement innovative (in terms of North American standards) and effective #PublicTransit as long as Ford remains in office. Ripping out #BikeLanes so we can add more cars means he would never replace vehicle lanes with a Tram or LRT network.
And recently they have drastically reduced Go Train schedules on important transit corridors, forcing more people into cars on highways.
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It will be impossible for Ontario to implement innovative (in terms of North American standards) and effective #PublicTransit as long as Ford remains in office. Ripping out #BikeLanes so we can add more cars means he would never replace vehicle lanes with a Tram or LRT network.
And recently they have drastically reduced Go Train schedules on important transit corridors, forcing more people into cars on highways.
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It will be impossible for Ontario to implement innovative (in terms of North American standards) and effective #PublicTransit as long as Ford remains in office. Ripping out #BikeLanes so we can add more cars means he would never replace vehicle lanes with a Tram or LRT network.
And recently they have drastically reduced Go Train schedules on important transit corridors, forcing more people into cars on highways.
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It will be impossible for Ontario to implement innovative (in terms of North American standards) and effective #PublicTransit as long as Ford remains in office. Ripping out #BikeLanes so we can add more cars means he would never replace vehicle lanes with a Tram or LRT network.
And recently they have drastically reduced Go Train schedules on important transit corridors, forcing more people into cars on highways.
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It will be impossible for Ontario to implement innovative (in terms of North American standards) and effective #PublicTransit as long as Ford remains in office. Ripping out #BikeLanes so we can add more cars means he would never replace vehicle lanes with a Tram or LRT network.
And recently they have drastically reduced Go Train schedules on important transit corridors, forcing more people into cars on highways.
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Good Morning #Canada
Toronto's Line 5, referred to as the Eglinton Crosstown, has been open for over 6 months and the general consensus locally is that it's pretty good. This excellent video provides a review of the LRT, including the supporting network, benefits, negatives, and Toronto's overall design philosophy for #PublicTransit. It rightly points out Canada is generally bad at design and is still in love with cars.#CanadaIsAwesome #UrbanDesign #WalkableCities.
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Good Morning #Canada
Toronto's Line 5, referred to as the Eglinton Crosstown, has been open for over 6 months and the general consensus locally is that it's pretty good. This excellent video provides a review of the LRT, including the supporting network, benefits, negatives, and Toronto's overall design philosophy for #PublicTransit. It rightly points out Canada is generally bad at design and is still in love with cars.#CanadaIsAwesome #UrbanDesign #WalkableCities.
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Good Morning #Canada
Toronto's Line 5, referred to as the Eglinton Crosstown, has been open for over 6 months and the general consensus locally is that it's pretty good. This excellent video provides a review of the LRT, including the supporting network, benefits, negatives, and Toronto's overall design philosophy for #PublicTransit. It rightly points out Canada is generally bad at design and is still in love with cars.#CanadaIsAwesome #UrbanDesign #WalkableCities.
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Good Morning #Canada
Toronto's Line 5, referred to as the Eglinton Crosstown, has been open for over 6 months and the general consensus locally is that it's pretty good. This excellent video provides a review of the LRT, including the supporting network, benefits, negatives, and Toronto's overall design philosophy for #PublicTransit. It rightly points out Canada is generally bad at design and is still in love with cars.#CanadaIsAwesome #UrbanDesign #WalkableCities.
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Good Morning #Canada
Toronto's Line 5, referred to as the Eglinton Crosstown, has been open for over 6 months and the general consensus locally is that it's pretty good. This excellent video provides a review of the LRT, including the supporting network, benefits, negatives, and Toronto's overall design philosophy for #PublicTransit. It rightly points out Canada is generally bad at design and is still in love with cars.#CanadaIsAwesome #UrbanDesign #WalkableCities.
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New from @[email protected] on @[email protected]
"The Eglinton Crosstown LRT recently opened in #Toronto ... it stretches across the middle of the city, it intersects with several other rapid transit lines, the trains are comfortable, and the service is frequent. What's not to like?"
#publictransit
Not Just Bikes — They Finally ... -
Good Morning #Canada
If you're interested in the Ontario Line transit project in Toronto, the 15.6 km subway line that will cost $34B, then this post is for you. The line will bring 15 new stations to the city, reducing congestion and improving access. This documentary provides some history, an excellent overview of the entire project, and explains a little bit about how Ford's policies have contributed to tripling the original budget.#CanadaIsAwesome #PublicTransit
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@crazyeddie @aworkinglibrary
It is probably about car dependency, car-centered areas. Like in the US where in many towns without a car one would struggle to do anything: getting to the grocery store, getting back from the store, reaching the other river bank as many bridges are motor vehicles only.People can’t live without cars in such places. Even food banks have huge lines of cars, four "lanes". Some homeless people drive cars as well. Imagine the closest grocery store being 1 hour walking distance away, and the weather may be extremely hot/cold.
Many such areas don’t even have sidewalks or anything for walking at all. At the same time so called "jay-walking" is prohibited by law. The term "jaywalking" actually was invented by the cars lobby in the early 20th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaywalking
Moving around by walking is extremely inconvenient, dangerous, taking ridiculous amounts of time, basically incompatible with everyday activities.Also the parking lots, roads, intersections take up huge chunks of the city. Consider how much longer it takes to walk somewhere compared to what it could be without all these. Urban areas could look very different if they were human-centered and Points Of Interest were packed tightly.
And the bigger the city, the more space car infrastructure takes up. More lanes, wider intersections, parking lots can have up to many thousands spots, highways, freeways, interchanges of ridiculous sizes and shapes.
The topic is huge, what I mentioned is just the tip. Think of what you see around every day. Also all the noise. And danger it brings to everyone, not just drivers. The number of so called "accidents", another convenient term for the horrible things that happen everyday.
The areas which are pedestrian-friendly, bicycle friendly, have public transportation tend to have happier residents, more attraction points, more small businesses, more street life, way better air quality, less noise among other benefits.
Also social connections and interaction happen there and not on a 4-lane highway.#Cars #Car #City #Urban #Streets
#Cities #CarFree #Roads #CarDependancy #StreetLife #Safety #Bycicles #Walking #UrbanSprawl #OneMoreLane #InducedTraffic #PublicTransport #PublicTransit #Access #PublicTransportation #Accessibility #Accessible #PublicSpaces #Socialization #Capitalism #Subsidies #Lobbying #WordsMatter #History #CarsAreDangerous #FuckCars -
Good Morning #Canada
Something different this morning - an indepth look at Vancouver's #PublicTransit expansion to Langley. Big mass transit projects are relatively rare and governments still put to much focus on the car instead of liveable and walkable cities. This 14 km extension will transform Langley and connect it to Vancouver without increased vehicle traffic. -
Canadian governments are taking different paths back to the office
#Canada #ReturnToOffice #RemoteWork #HybridWork #Government #PublicService #PublicServants #WorkFromHome #Politics #PublicPolicy #Labour #Employment #GovernmentPolicy #PublicTransit #Equity #Economy
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the past and the future
#carriage #pixelart #publictransit #train #pixel_dailies @pixel_dailies -
And I gotta tell you, Tacoma people, this is the easiest place in Oly to get to from Tacoma. Just park at the 512 Park 'n' Ride, hop the 610 **FOR FREE**, endure/enjoy a leisurely journey southward, then walk like literally a minute from the downtown Oly transit center to the community center.
https://www.intercitytransit.com/plan-your-trip/routes/610
#Tacoma #TacomaWA #Olympia #OlympiaWA #PublicTransit #RideTheBus
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When you don’t support more active forms of #transportation like #publictransit and #cycling, this is the world we are supporting: #cars congesting much of the road. This is Marshall road clogged up from Sumas Way all the way to McKenzie road on a Wednesday afternoon. If you just add another lane for #singleoccupancy cars, you get the exact same issue: just another lane of #congestion only slightly shorter. But if you were instead to put in a lane for #buses and #cyclists, then we would have a new lane that actually moves people keep quickly than just another car lane. And when public #transit becomes faster and more reliable than cars, more people will pick transit over their cars, and that in turn also makes the road better for those who need to use cars for things like transporting items as they will have less congestion in their lanes from more people using the bus instead of a car for transporting people. Communities around BC are headed to #municipal #elections this fall, and if #Abbotsford wants to get out of its congestion issues, it’s time to vote for a #mayor and #council that will improve transit and other forms of active transportation that will get our roads moving quicker, like more #buslanes as well as brining the #Skytrain or another two-way passenger #rail service from Metro #Vancouver into Abbotsford. Let’s build transportation in this city that’s better designed to move people around #town, not one to move the car companies’ profits.
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"The first agency in the state to roll out contactless payment was Monterey County’s Monterey-Salinas Transit, launching in early 2021 as a Cal-ITP pilot….As part of the 2021 contactless pilot, Monterey-Salinas Transit and Cal-ITP studied equity for unbanked riders – riders without access to a bank account and dependent on cash payments. The pilot came with fare capping, meaning riders can pay as they go, without ever spending more in a week or month than a pass costs.” https://cal.streetsblog.org/2026/05/27/an-update-on-contactless-fare-payment-across-agencies-in-california
#equity #TransportationEquity #MontereyCounty #PublicTransit #MontereySalinasTransit #bus #transportation
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RE: https://social.seattle.wa.us/@ohmu/116348804072457016
SPINE, SPINE, SPINE, SPINE 🚈
#Seattle #SeattleWA #Tacoma #TacomaWA #Everett #EverettWA #PublicTransit #SoundTransit
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"When she returned after a year in Austria, [Marina] Hurtado rediscovered the limits to #PublicTransportation in the U.S., for example. It was no longer possible to jump on a #train and take a day trip to Prague or spend a weekend in Brugge.”
Dave Faries, #MontereyCountyNow
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Curious how San Francisco’s transit decisions get made? Catch the recording of the conversation between SFMTA Board Chair Janet Tarlov and journalist Zhe Wu of San Francisco Public Press to learn about the board’s role and the challenges ahead, from Vision Zero to policies affecting people living in their vehicles.
Watch at https://lwvsf.org/news-blog/f/the-role-of-the-sf-municipal-transportation-agency
#SanFrancisco #SF #SFBay #SFBA #TransitMonth #BayAreaTransit #PublicTransit #TransitMonth2025 @seamlessbayarea @sftru
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From the archives: Interurban Tram 74 BCER and others awaiting scrapping, 1953.
A shame that the Metro Vancouver Interurban Tram system was completely scrapped in the fifties to make room for roads. Decades later the Skytrain system rebuilt some of these routes but at a much higher price point because of the elevated tracks.
https://archives.richmond.ca/archives/image/40588/
#richmondbc #vancouver #publictransit #skytrain #cityplanning
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Learn how San Franciscans benefit from the city's Municipal Transit Authority Board and how we can work with the board to make government more transparent and accountable.
SFMTA Board Chair Janet Tarlov will talk with Zhe Wu, a journalist with the @SFPublicPress. You'll learn what the SFMTA board does, why Tarlov wanted to serve as board chair, how the board collaborates with SFMTA and other departments, and more.
🚍 RSVP at https://bit.ly/2025-SFMTA-Board
#SanFrancisco #SF #SFBay #SFBA #TransitMonth #BayAreaTransit #PublicTransit #TransitMonth2025 @seamlessbayarea @sftru
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ION EXTENSION DELAYED
The future of ION extension to the city of Cambridge remains uncertain.
The Region of Waterloo council originally approved the Light Rail Transit (LRT) ION system in 2009. It was to be a link across Waterloo, Kitchener and Cambridge, with a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) linking Kitchener and Cambridge.
Plans for Stage 2 ION, bringing the LRT transport system from Fairway Station in Kitchener through the urban centres of Cambridge to downtown Galt, were officially announced in June 2019, but the project has since been subject to significant delays.
A report to Cambridge City Council in 2023, estimated the expansion cost at $4.5 billion, a number that had nearly tripled since 2021. In June 2024, Matthew O’Neil, manager of Rapid Transit Coordination at the Region of Waterloo, said he expected construction to begin in 2032, seven years later than initial estimates.
On Apr. 3, Grand River Transit (GRT) revealed their ten-year business plan, which made no reference to Stage 2 ION expansion.
Councillors expressed frustration with the continued ambiguity surrounding the project. On The Mike Farwell Show on 570 NewsRadio Kitchener, former Cambridge Mayor Doug Craig was asked if Cambridge is being shortchanged on transit.
“Of course we are,” he said. “We don’t have [an] LRT, we don’t have a GO train, and we’re paying for the LRT in KW […] and we’re wondering when is ours going to come to the city of Cambridge?”
Stage 2 ION plans were thrown into further doubt on May 9, when Cambridge Mayor Jan Liggett endorsed the notion of rapid bus transit over LRT expansion. In a Cambridge council meeting, Liggett mentioned the option was raised by Waterloo Region council staff members that day.
“I know that’s earth-shattering news, but that was an open session of regional council today,” she said.
Liggett went on to say that the $4.5 billion cost of LRT expansion is not a realistic prospect.
“That’s an impossibility. We don’t have that much money in our budget in any given five-year span to put towards something like this,” she said.
The impact of the LRT in Waterloo and Kitchener has been positive. In 2023, $429 million in new building permits were issued in land along the LRT line. A growing percentage of the region’s population are reportedly moving to locations within a 10-minute walk of an LRT stop.
Cambridge councillors in favour of the expansion believe that it would have a significant impact on city rejuvenation.
“The ION expansion would have a positive impact on private investment and city rejuvenation. Every report has predicted this, and we have seen firsthand how this happened for Kitchener and Waterloo along the ION Stage one1,” Pam Wolf, Cambridge city councillor, said in a statement.
Former councillor Rob Deutschmann noted the ION expansion could attract $5-10 billion in private investments along the area, according to Cambridge Chamber of Commerce estimates.
The Region of Waterloo council have confirmed that nothing has been finalised yet, with the Initial Business Case for Stage 2 ION to be presented to Cambridge City council in November.
#busRapidTransit #Cambridge #cambridgeCityCouncil #CityOfCambridge #DougCraig #extension #futureOfIon #initialBusinessCase #ION #IONExtension #JanLiggett #JoshMiltonBell #KatWex #kitchener #lightRailTransit #localTransit #LRT #matthewOneil #mikeFarwellShow #november #pamWolf #publicTransit #publicTransport #RobDeutschmann #waterloo
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Integrate OpenTripPlanner seamlessly into your solution, anywhere in the world, with Trufi's expertise. Contact us!
https://www.trufi-association.org/services/opentripplanner/
#informaltransport #populartransport #opendata #opensource #sustainabletransport #transportation #innovation #MaaS #MobilityAsAService #mapping #GIS #mobileapp #OpenStreetMap #OpenTripPlanner #publictransit #TrufiAssociation
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Public transport in the global South could leapfrog into a sustainable future with battery swapping.
Technologies like this have the potential to revolutionize urban mobility.
Video by Linkedin: Ashley Dudarenok 艾熙丽
HT: Benjamin de la Peña#publictransport #sustainabletransport #Asia #China #bus #Climate #climateaction #climatechange #ict4d #innovation #MaaS #MobilityAsAService #publictransit #TrufiAssociation #electrification #swapping #baas #trucks #technology #transformation
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We offer Mobility as a Service (MaaS) integrations that provide seamless access to sustainable transport options. Contact us to enhance your transport data and services.
#MaaS #MobilityAsAService#informaltransport #populartransport #opendata #opensource #publictransport #sustainabletransport #transportation #ActiveMobility #ActiveTransport #apps #developer #digital #digitaldevelopment #GTFS #GTFSFlex #OpenStreetMap #OpenTripPlanner #publictransit #TrufiAssociation
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Sri Lanka needs effective digitization in public transport. Trufi can build the necessary apps and provide the data. Geography doesn't stop us advancing sustainable transport solutions in the global South.
#Asia #SriLanka #GlobalSouthTransportMapping #MaaS #MobilityAsAService #mapping #GIS #mobileapp #publictransit #publictransport #sustainabletransport #TransportationJustice #TransportCarbonEmissions #TrufiAssociation
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Some European countries are making employers pick up employees’ public transport bills. Trufi's MaaS integrations can help promote these models – anywhere, including the global South.
#Belgium #France #Austria #Europe #MaaS #MobilityAsAService #publictransit #publictransport #sustainabletransport #TransportationJustice #TransportCarbonEmissions #TrufiAssociation
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Hey overachievers! Do you want to show up to our GTFS-Flex webinar today prepped, and ready to ask great questions of our experts? Check the comments for three articles you can read in advance.
https://www.linkedin.com/events/localsolutions-globalimpact-how7181313513288536069/theater/
#informaltransport #populartransport #opendata #publictransport #sustainabletransport #transportation #bus #developer #GTFS #GTFSFlex #ict4d #ict4dev #MaaS #MobilityAsAService #masstransit #minibus #publictransit #technology
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GTFS-Flex opens new horizons for mobility in underserved areas by combining fixed routes with on-demand services. Our webinar explores this revolutionary transit data standard.
#informaltransport #populartransport #opendata #publictransport #sustainabletransport #transportation #bus #developer #GTFS #GTFSFlex #ict4d #ict4dev #MaaS #MobilityAsAService #masstransit #minibus #publictransit #technology
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🛣️ Christoph's bus journey through #Kigali unveils tech gap between cashless payments and uncertain bus arrivals.
#informaltransport #populartransport #publictransport #sustainabletransport #transportation #Africa #Rwanda #Kigali #KigaliMobilityLab #SmartMobilityLabRw #AfricanCities #bus #MaaS #MobilityAsAService #publictransit #technology
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Rapid transit plan calls for 10-20 minute service through #PortlandMaine, #WestbrookMaine and #GorhamMaine
Maine Public | By Nicole Ogrysko
Published July 28, 2023
"Local officials in #GreaterPortland are considering a system of #RapidTransit bus routes for the region.
"Under a draft proposal from the Greater Portland Council of Governments, dedicated bus lanes would provide express service through Portland, Westbrook and Gorham more quickly than traditional bus service, with stops along the way.
"The preferred route would start at the University of Southern Maine campus in Gorham, travel through downtown Westbrook and stop at the USM campus in Portland before heading down Congress Street and ending near the Eastern Promenade.
"The proposal envisions service every 10 minutes between Portland and Westbrook, and 20 minutes between Westbrook and Gorham.
"'That's frequent enough that you're not relying on a schedule anymore,' said Andrew Clark, transit program manager for #GPCOG. 'You're no longer planning your day around the bus schedule. You just know you can go out to the station, and the bus will be there in 10 minutes or something like that.'
"Clark said service every 10-20 minutes should also lure riders who wouldn't normally consider taking #PublicTransit.
"'I think people understand the role that transit can play in making our cities better, its role in reducing congestion, its role in better climate outcomes, better social equity outcomes,' he said.
"Greater Portland Metro would operate the proposed route, but the vehicles and stops would have a different look than the service's existing buses, Clark added.
"The proposed routes are still a long way away, Clark said. The cities of Portland, Westbrook and Gorham will need to decide how much road space can be freed up for dedicated bus lanes. The project will also need to secure federal funds for the new bus lanes and some new battery-powered vehicles.
"Local officials also eventually envision rapid transit routes to South Portland, Biddeford and Saco, Brunswick and Windham."
#GorhamBypass #SaveSmilingHillFarm #Sprawl
#SaveTheForest #Woodlands
#Meadows #InducedDemand
#EnvironmentalImpact
#GorhamConnector
#SaveRedBrook #RedBrook
#GreaterPortlandMaine
#BusService #MTA
#ProtectFarmland #LessCars #WorkingFarms #PeterMills #JanetMills #CommuterRail #RapidTransit #GreaterPortland #Maine -
En Route to Kigali, 🚌 Christoph's pitstop in Addis Ababa strengthens Trufi's partnership with AddisMap. A virtual meeting with Alazar Tekle.
#informaltransport #populartransport #opendata #opensource #publictransport #sustainabletransport #transportation #Africa #Ethiopia #AddisAbaba #Rwanda #Kigali #KigaliMobilityLab #SmartMobilityLabRw #AfricanCities #DecolonizeTransport #innovation #MaaS #MobilityAsAService #publictransit
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🚀 Christoph's first dispatch from #Kigali unveils our transformative approach to #African transport with real-time data!
#informaltransport #populartransport #opendata #opensource #publictransport #sustainabletransport #Africa #Ghana #Accra #Africa #Rwanda #Kigali #KigaliMobilityLab #AfricanCities #ict4d #MaaS #MobilityAsAService #publictransit
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Informal transport is a climate solution waiting to be leveraged – using systems that are already deeply ingrained in society. Register for our Webinar!
#informaltransport #publictransport #sustainabletransport #transportation #MaaS #MobilityAsAService #publictransit #populartransport #DecolonizeTransport #innovation #bus #minibus #masstransit #Volunteer #research
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🚌 Trufi App Milestone 🎉: 100,000+ installs in Cochabamba! 🌟 Discover how community power (and TikTok) took us there.
#Americas #SouthAmerica #Bolivia #Cochabamba #android #bestroute #digitaldevelopment #foss #GBFS #GTFS #informaltransport #innovation #ios #iphone #mapping #mobileapp #MobilityAsAService #multimodal #opensource #populartransport #publictransit #publictransport #software #sustainabletransport #transportation
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Celebrating Wendy Huang, our Volunteer of the Month! 🌟
She's reshaping the informal transport experience with her design skills. Discover her inspiring journey and contributions to Trufi Association.#android #app #AppDesign #digitaldevelopment #foss #GBFS #GTFS #informaltransport #ios #iphone #MaaS #mapping #mobileapp #MobilityAsAService #multimodal #opensource #populartransport #publictransit #software #sustainabletransport #UIUX #UXUI
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Are you a MaaS innovator? 📊 Trufi Association is your indispensable partner for GTFS and integration into apps, analytics, and transport tech solutions. Join us in revolutionizing transport for the global South and North!
#informaltransport #opendata #opensource #publictransport #sustainabletransport #transportation #ict4d #ict4dev #MaaS #MobilityAsAService #publictransit #mapping #Multimodality #mobility #populartransport #OpenStreetMap #GTFS
