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On the agenda: Vulcan, jazz and transit

February 23rd, 2010 · Comments Off · Transit, transportation

this City Council agenda here in Birmingham, AL for February 23 includes help for Vulcan’s pedestal, Information about this year’s smooth jazz concert series travelling throughout the city and a possible solution for transit.

A new circulator for downtown Birmingham?

June 24th, 2009 · Comments Off · Transit

The Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham’s In Town Transit Partnership is hoping that folks get excited about a new greater downtown circulator service in Birmingham, AL.

On the agenda: delay, delay, delay…

March 10th, 2009 · Comments Off · On the agenda

Today’s Birmingham City Council meeting will be as much about delays as it is about progress, and which one is tipping the scales at this time.

The reason for the paratransit stall

December 17th, 2008 · Comments Off · Transit

Remember yesterday’s On the agenda post? Well, according to sources, some City Council members said they needed extra time to determine whether the $1.7 million paratransit expenditure would be deducted from the BJCTA’s FY2009 operating budget or would be in addition to that amount, leading to a two-week delay on the item.
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Find your way on MAX online

October 27th, 2008 · View Comments · Online, Transit

Screenshot of BJCTA’s new website
Before we return to silent mode, we figured it would make sense to stress to folks to check out the tranist authority’s new website. New features include a ticker-style rider alert, planned integration of Google Transit, and most importantly, an easier to read and understand map for the system’s users.
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Riding on hydrogen

October 27th, 2008 · Comments Off · Transit

One day if you ever feel so inclined to ride the bus, the one you’re on may be powered by hydrogen fuel cells. Whether or not that’s a viable option or not will depend on how a demonstration bus called the EcoBus, being used by the BJCTA next year as part of a study at [...]

Transit chief heads to the West Coast

September 30th, 2008 · Comments Off · Transit

Remember the series I was going to file about San Francisco? Well, we’ve held off because of the prominent role transit was going to have in it – didn’t make sense to talk about their system when ours was going through (and continues to go through) a period of turmoil. Well, now David Hill will be [...]