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[California State Polytechnic University, Pomona#Campus sustainability and transportation]

As a part of the campus’ Climate Action Plan to reduce its carbon footprint, the campus offers incentive parking for students and faculty participating in its Rideshare program. The carpooling initiative gives users the opportunity to park in reserved spaces located closer to campus buildings.

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Park and Ride facility in Industry, CA in conjunction with Metrolink and Foothill Transit.

Park and Ride

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Park-and-ride stations have been criticized for encouraging more vehicle use as an externality causing additional trip generation to the stations.

1.      Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?

The information is somewhat relevant describing what park-and-ride is, but does not discuss its role within the greater transportation system. One subsection called “Kiss and ride” somewhat takes away from the main purpose of park-and-ride.

2.      Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?

There is some bias regarding park and ride as there is a ‘Benefits’ subsection and presents no argument or claims against park-and-ride stations.

3.      Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?

This article is almost exclusively dedicated to park & rides in Europe and doesn't even include any mention of the fact that park & rides have been around in the US longer than they've been around in Europe.

4.      Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?

The links work and support the claims.

5.      Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?

Some of the links take you to foreign sites in a different language. I cannot know what the reference is saying unless I use a translator.

6.      Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?

I would include more information on park-and-ride in the United States or elsewhere around the world as the article over represents Europe.

7.      Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?

The talk page has the same critiques regarding the article

8.      How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Transport, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles related to Transport on Wikipedia.

Puddingstone Reservoir (Evaluate an Article, peer review)

(for David Perez)

• Sandbox for Puddingstone Reservoir article was relevant to the topic with no distractions.
• It was written in a neutral perspective, and presented with no bias.
• The Talk page of the article shows no activity
• The history section might be over represented, in that it makes the article take more of a historical approach to describing the reservoir than giving it a present-day description.
• The links for the references takes me to the main website page, but not to the specific page where the information may have been taken from.
• The reference for the timeline was from the direct source. (https://www.bonellipark.org/), but I'd like to see the specific page with the information regarding the reservoir.
• The article is within the scope of WikiProject California, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the U.S. state of California on Wikipedia.

The chronological timeline in the History section is comprehensive and very informative. No need to include the reservoir's geographic details in your sandbox, unless its for personal reference. Are your references taken verbatim fro your source? Be careful not to plagiarize from your source (unintentionally or intentionally)]]

~~Cm20 (talk) 19:43, 7 May 2018 (UTC)Carlos Moreira (cm20)~~

American Public Transportation Association

[American Public Transportation Association]

The APTA is comprised of more than 1,500 public and private member organizations, including transit systems and high-speed, intercity, and commuter rail operators; planning, design, construction, and finance firms; product and service providers; academic institutions, transit associations and state departments of transportation APTA is the only association in North America that represents all modes of public transportation APTA has been publishing its Public Transportation Fact Book (formerly known as the Transit Fact Book) since 1943. Its most recent report is its 68th publication.. APTA frequently works in partnership with The National Alliance for Public Transportation Advocates (NAPTA), The Center for Transportation Excellence (CFTE), The Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) and The Transportation Research Board (TRB); all of which share a common goal of developing practical solutions to problems facing public transportation. APTA’s Policy Development and Research Program serves as the organization’s think tank to develop solution’s public transportation industry’s problems. The Policy Development and Research Program conduct their research through polling, surveys, and develop long-term strategic plans that effectively inform the nation about the benefits of public transportation investment. APTA’s goal in creating a stronger infrastructure for public transportation is to have more transit systems that model smart growth. Additionally, APTA supports the funding for public transportation systems that create jobs, produce safe, efficient transportation, connects people with employment centers and employers with potential workers.

APTA supports the Trump Administration's commitment to strengthen the nation's infrastructure, however, opposes the Administration's source of funding from cutting down federal funding for existing public transit infrastructure programs. They advocate for increasing federal investing in public transportation from Congress, specifically for intercity passenger rail systems.

In an April 2018 report, APTA conducted a study on the decline in public transportation ridership and published their findings. The study found the nationwide decline in ridership can be due to:

• Erosion of Time Competitiveness

• Reduced Customer Affinity and Loyalty

• Erosion of Cost Competitiveness

• External Factors

Committees

APTA has the following committees and subcommittees that work to formulate solutions and policy to make improvements to public transportation

Legislative Committee

APTA’s Legislative Committee is the main body under APTA that is responsible for developing consensus recommendations about federal legislative activity including transit authorization legislation, annual appropriation legislation, Administration initiatives, and regulatory matters. The committee formulates policy recommendations both in response to federal initiatives and to propose guidance for federal actions. The APTA Legislative Committee, along with its seven subcommittees that specialize in related areas concerning to the industry develop legislative policies before recommending them to APTA Executive Committee and the APTA Board of Directors.

• General

• Business Members

• Bus & Paratransit Operations

• Commuter & Intercity Rail
  • Commuter Rail Committee
  • High-Speed & Intercity Passenger Rail Committee

• Government Affairs
  • Planning, Policy and Program Development Steering Committee
  • Environmental Justice/Title VI Subcommittee

• Human Resources

• Management & Finance

• Marketing & Communications

• Policy
  • Sustainability Committee

• Rail Transit

• Research & Technology

• Small Operations

• State Affairs

• Transit Board Members

National Dump the Pump Day

APTA is the main agency that promotes National Dump the Pump Day, a day that encourages people to ride public transportation and to take them where they need to go, instead of driving a car. APTA first started National Dump the Pump Day in June 2006 when gas prices reached $3 per gallon and the public demand for public transportation was growing in response to the high gas prices. Anothoer purpose for National Dump the Pump Day was to bring awareness that a two-person household can save roughly $10,000 a year by downsizing to one car.