METRO Magazine is announcing the winners of its 2025 Innovative Solutions Award, which will be featured online, beginning August 11 and every Monday and Wednesday in August, as well as in the Fall 2025 issue.

Now in its 11th year, the Innovative Solutions Awards honors bus and rail operations and their supplier partners who have implemented initiatives that helped them save money, run more efficiently, streamline operations, increase safety, improve customer satisfaction, increase ridership, and much more.

And the Winners are…

This year’s award winners helped improve efficiency by replacing outdated systems, create better mobility options for passengers, and more.

This year’s winners are:

• Vancouver, Canada’s TransLink/Giro – Operational Efficiency

• Washington State’s Everett Transit/Complete Coach Works – Sustainability

• Portland, Oregon’s TriMet/Connectpoint – Technology

• Various Agencies/Sportworks – Mobility

• Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority (MetroLink Tulsa)/Philadelphia’s SEPTA/RideCo – Paratransit

• Ohio’s Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority/ETA Transit – Operational Efficiency

• California’s Auburn Transit/Texas’ Gulf Coast Transit District/Spare – Technology/On-Demand Transportation

• Oakland, California’s Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority/Xentrans – Rail

• Boston’s Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority/AlphaRoute - Paratransit

METRO’s staff would like to thank everyone who applied. Congratulations again go to all our winners, and don’t forget to tune in online and in print to find out more about their stories. Our winners will also be honored at PTTX, which will be held in September in Scottsdale, Arizona.