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The purpose of the Small Urban & Rural Transit Center (SURTC) is to increase the mobility of small urban and rural residents through improved public transportation.
This will be accomplished by providing transit stakeholders, users, providers, suppliers, and agencies, with the information, knowledge, and trained human capital that will allow them to take advantage of the latest technology, and better operation and management paradigms.
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Senate Passes Jobs Bill, Extends Transportation Authorization Law
Posted: Mar 17, 2010 by JWMThe U.S. Senate today passed the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (HIRE), a $17.6 billion bill that includes tax incentives aimed at encouraging businesses to hire new workers. It also keeps federal highway and transit programs operating through 2010 by extending the current transportation authorization law (SAFETEA-LU) until the end of the calendar year, and it provides $19.5 billion to the Highway Trust Fund to keep it solvent through the end of the year. AASHTO provides a summary of the transportation provisions in the bill here.
Ride or Relocate
Posted: Mar 15, 2010 by DAPRural Transit Technology Course to be Held in Alaska and Virginia
Posted: Mar 15, 2010 by DGRAPTA Releases 2009 Ridership Data: Ridership Down Overall but Mostly Unchanged in Rural Areas
Posted: Mar 9, 2010 by JWMSeminar on North Dakota’s Changing Demographics: Implications for Transportation
Posted: Mar 8, 2010 by JWM
