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Learning Outcomes

What will we learn?

By the end of Lesson 9, you should be able to:

  • describe the nature of DRT services and the primary populations they are intended to serve;
  • list some of the technologies providers use to help them manage DRT services;
  • characterize the most common types of DRT fare structures;
  • discuss some of the characteristics of fixed route transit and explain the structure and function of GTFS data;
  • describe some of the functions and accomplishments of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA);
  • share something you learned about one of your classmates and/or some ideas you discussed with a classmate about the content of this week’s lesson.

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