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TransitWiki.org is developed and maintained by transit planners for transit planners. The goal of the site is to facilitate information transfer among California's transit agencies to accelerate the successful implementation of cost-effective strategies to improve transit service. On this site you'll find basic information about strategies, examples of their implementation, and links to reports and guidance from the American Public Transportation Association, the Transit Cooperative Research Program, University Transportation Centers, Caltrans, and local agencies. | TransitWiki.org is developed and maintained by transit planners for transit planners. The goal of the site is to facilitate information transfer among California's transit agencies to accelerate the successful implementation of cost-effective strategies to improve transit service. On this site you'll find basic information about strategies, examples of their implementation, and links to reports and guidance from the American Public Transportation Association, the Transit Cooperative Research Program, University Transportation Centers, Caltrans, and local agencies. | ||
| − | This site is based on the MediaWiki software that powers Wikipedia and many other sites across the web. If you're familiar with how to navigate or edit Wikipedia, then TransitWiki.org should be straight forward. If not, see the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]. The [http://www.its.ucla.edu/ UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies] expands and maintains the TransitWiki.org community, with funding from the [http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/MassTrans/index.html Caltrans Division of Rail and Mass Transportation]. Transit stakeholders across the state can contribute the site following our '''[[Help:Contents#Guidelines_for_Editing_Pages_and_Contributing_New_Content|guidelines]]'''. TransitWiki is an implementation tool of the | + | This site is based on the MediaWiki software that powers Wikipedia and many other sites across the web. If you're familiar with how to navigate or edit Wikipedia, then TransitWiki.org should be straight forward. If not, see the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]. The [http://www.its.ucla.edu/ UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies] expands and maintains the TransitWiki.org community, with funding from the [http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/MassTrans/index.html Caltrans Division of Rail and Mass Transportation]. Transit stakeholders across the state can contribute the site following our '''[[Help:Contents#Guidelines_for_Editing_Pages_and_Contributing_New_Content|guidelines]]'''. TransitWiki is an implementation tool of the [[File:California STSP - Recommendations for Caltrans.pdf|California Strategic Transit Plan]] |
| − | [[File:California STSP - Recommendations for Caltrans.pdf|California Strategic Transit Plan]] | + | |
| + | ===User Advisory Group=== | ||
| + | The User Advisory Group meets informally by emails, chat, and web meetings to provide on TransitWiki community decisions. If you’re interested in joining the User Advisory Group, please complete this [[TransitWiki:User Advisory Group|application form]]. | ||
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Revision as of 22:56, 9 November 2016
TransitWiki.org is developed and maintained by transit planners for transit planners. The goal of the site is to facilitate information transfer among California's transit agencies to accelerate the successful implementation of cost-effective strategies to improve transit service. On this site you'll find basic information about strategies, examples of their implementation, and links to reports and guidance from the American Public Transportation Association, the Transit Cooperative Research Program, University Transportation Centers, Caltrans, and local agencies.
This site is based on the MediaWiki software that powers Wikipedia and many other sites across the web. If you're familiar with how to navigate or edit Wikipedia, then TransitWiki.org should be straight forward. If not, see the MediaWiki FAQ. The UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies expands and maintains the TransitWiki.org community, with funding from the Caltrans Division of Rail and Mass Transportation. Transit stakeholders across the state can contribute the site following our guidelines. TransitWiki is an implementation tool of the File:California STSP - Recommendations for Caltrans.pdf
User Advisory Group
The User Advisory Group meets informally by emails, chat, and web meetings to provide on TransitWiki community decisions. If you’re interested in joining the User Advisory Group, please complete this application form.
License
Information on TransitWiki.org is made available under the Creative Commons Share-Alike 3.0 Unported License. This allows any individual, organization, or business to use, quote, or edit information from the site, provided that they attribute the information and share it under the same or similar terms. Content linked on external sites is not subject to this license.
Contact
Please contact transitwiki@luskin.ucla.edu regarding questions, article suggestions, or to request a group training session (for public employees in California).
Follow us on Twitter at @TransitWiki
Credits
Funding: is provided by the California Department of Transportation's Division of Mass Transportation. Initial funding provided by Contract #64A0228 - research to support the Statewide Transit Strategic Plan. Thank you to Caltrans partners on this project - the California Transit Association and the California Association for Commuter Transportation.
Authors: Several students and graduates of the UCLA Master's in Urban and Regional Planning program contributed to TransitWiki:
- User:Rabi Abonour
- Shira Bergstein
- Julia Campbell
- Marc Caswell
- User:Ben Kaufman
- Alek Miller
- User:David Myung
- Carter Rubin
- Doreen Zhao
- Jeremiah LaRose
Administration: Juan Matute administers and maintains the technical elements and content of TransitWiki. He works under the direction of Dr. Brian Taylor and Dr. Allison Yoh, who supervise the project.