Question 1
http://tweet4camas.com/C-Tran_Public_Transit.html
Website with local public input re. C-Tran and links to C-Tran financials.
Database where you can access fulltext from the Columbian newspaper.
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C-Tran Info:
Schedules & Maps - Welcome to C-TRAN
www.c-tran.com/schedules_maps.html
http://www.c-tran.com/fares.html
Question 2
The following web sites will be demonstrated in class, 2/2
http://www.claritas.com/MyBestSegments/Default.jsp
http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml
http://www.city-data.com/zips/98686.html
This site allows you to narrow your search to neighborhoods with the 98686 zip code, and contains graphs, pie charts, etc.
www.easidemographics.com. You have to register at the site first.
Question 3
Search this database for the Industry Report on Public Transportation in the US,( NAICS code 48511). This report has information on the underlying costs of public transit.
Try searching for 'vanpools' or 'public transit and alternatives' in the following 2 databases:
In this d'base also look at some of the hits under: IC "485113" and California, they are doing some innovative things with transit. Note: 485113 is the NAICS code for Bus and Other Motor Vehicle Transit Systems.
Try Googling the terms 'vanpools and college campuses'
Question 4
Search these 2 databases using terms like 'public transit plans', or 'colleges and public transit', or 'county transit plans'.
Try Googling 'vanpools and college campuses' or 'public transit plans' , or 'county transit plans'- scroll down the results and you will see plans for other US cities, and overseas, that may be relevant to this assignment.
Look at this one: http://www.wakegov.com/transportation/transitplan.htm
Also, this one looks at Bellignham, particlularly how to increase ridership: http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/Bellingham_Report_Final.pdf
And this one: http://www.edf.org/sites/default/files/9522_Reinventing_Transit_FINAL.pdf, AMERICAN COMMUNITIES FINDING SMARTER,. CLEANER, FASTER TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS
See also the website below:
http://www.vtpi.org/tranben.pdf
Question 5
This database includes information about advertising and rates in all types of media sources.
Includes the Consumer Media Advertising Source, Local Market Audience Analyst, Newspaper Advertising Source, and TV and Cable Source.
Google websites that list media by region, state, etc. Here are a few examples:
- http://newslink.org/watele.html
- http://www.mondotimes.com/world/usa.html
- http://www.abyznewslinks.com/unite.htm (BC-Broadcast, IN-Internet, NP-Newspaper)
Question 6
Hopefully you will have already found some good articles from Business Source Complete or PAIS that were helpful in answering other questions. For this question you will need to choose some (or all) of these and list just the citations, not the full article, and say which database each of them was from.
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