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6 | Mass Transit | MassTransitmag.com | JUNE 2017
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Ad Index
8
Editor’s Notebook
Walking the Line
40
Best Practices
Real-time benefits from
real-time information.
46
Products
In Focus: Rail Interior
49
Classifieds
50
In Brief
A by-the-numbers
breakdown of what’s
going on in public transit
DEPARTMENTS
ONLINE EXCLUSIVES
Autonomous Technology & Public
Transportation: A Marriage Made in Heaven?
Transit could be facing competition from the new mobility
options autonomous opens up or they could be at the forefront
of the future of mobility by leveraging these innovations.
MassTransitmag.com/12327181
Advertiser’s Index
ABB Inc. ......................................23
The Aldon Company ............... 30
Alpina ........................................49
APTA .............................................9
Avail Technologies ..................48
Axis Communications .............33
Brookville Equipment Corp. .......
31 ......................................................
BusCon ....................................... 45
Future Systems .........................43
HDR Engineering Inc. .................3
LTK Engineering Services ........47
MAC Products ...........................20
Messe Berlin GmbH ................. 28
Newell Rubbermaid ............14, 15
Noble Pine Products ................47
ORX .............................................52
Penn Machine ...........................22
Plasser-American Corp. ............. 7
Progress Rail Services .............. 51
Railquip ......................................27
Sekisui SPI ................................. 21
Stadler US Inc..............................2
STV ............................................. 34
Sunrise Systems ...................... 42
Telephonics................................25
UL International Limited ..........5
Urban Solar................................35
Vericom LLC ..............................48
Bringing On-Demand
Convenience to
Fixed-Route Service
The paratransit service
transit agencies
provide offer many
of the conveniences
that draw people to
using rideshares and
transportation network
companies. How
could these draws
be brought to the
fixed-route offering?
MassTransitmag.
com/12333097
At a Crossing: Need For
Safety Improvements
Shouldn’t Be Ignored
With more than
200,000 public and
private at-grade
rail crossings in
the United States,
safety should be a
paramount concern
for local, state and
federal transportation
officials, companies
and organizations.
MassTransitmag.
com/12324699
Getting Started on
Your TAM Plan
Available resources
can help you meet the
FTA’s 2018 deadline.
MassTransitmag.
com/12334095
Technology and
Connectivity for Rail
How can technology
and connectivity drive
the rail and metro
industry toward a new
supply chain model?
MassTransitmag.
com/12325035