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Breaking Accessibility Barriers with the Low Floor Frontrunner Minibus

Accessible transit isn’t a feature—it’s a responsibility. This whitepaper explores how the Low-Floor Frontrunner is redefining mobility with a breakthrough design that removes barriers, empowers riders, and delivers measurable operational advantages for agencies. Discover why this next generation minibus is setting a new standard for inclusive transportation.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseOctober 13, 2023

MARTA Awards Contract for New Automated Fare Collection System

MARTA has renewed its focus on Service, Experience, and Expansion, or SEE, and customers will see how user-friendly the new fare system is, allowing multiple methods of payment.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseOctober 11, 2023

GRTC Announces Free Transit Royale Subscriptions

GRTC joins systems across the country in gifting Royale to all its riders, with more agencies planning announcements in the coming months. 

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseOctober 9, 2023

ACES Mobility Coalition Launches Legislative Strategy to Advance AV Reform

The ACES Mobility Coalition is focused on reasserting the U.S. as the global leader in next-generation mobility technology.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsOctober 5, 2023

COTA, Partners Break Ground on New Mobility Center

The mobility center is aimed at boosting economic development, education, child and family support, food and nutrition access, and connecting Central Ohio residents to job opportunities.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseOctober 4, 2023

Miami-Dade County Announces New Name for On-Demand, Shared Ride Service

The Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTPW) rolled out MetroConnect - formerly known as GO Connect - to provide improved free service and even more connections to Miami-Dade Transit. 

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseSeptember 29, 2023

Houston METRO Board Approves Bike Share Program

METRO Board Chair Sanjay Ramabhadran said integrating bike share with other transit services is a big step in making METRO's transportation system more accessible, equitable, and eco-friendlier.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsSeptember 28, 2023

Florida's PSTA Finds Savings to Preserve 3 Troubled Routes

Board members also voted 10 to 4 to maintain PSTA’s 0.7500 capped tax rate, approving a final budget that preserves 95% of PSTA’s bus routes, as well as its mobility options that assist disabled residents.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsSeptember 26, 2023

FTA Awards $9.9M to 22 Tribes, Alaskan Native Villages

The competitive grants under FTA’s Tribal Transit Program allow Tribes to buy transit vehicles, upgrade bus facilities, and expand transit options.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsSeptember 25, 2023

Kitsap Transit Awards 5-Year Contract to The Routing Co.

TRC has been serving KT with on-demand transit for over two years, having moved over 50,000 passengers through KT’s Pingo-powered “BI Ride” service on Bainbridge Island.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsSeptember 25, 2023

L.A. Metro Continues to Rise in August

Metro’s monthly bus and rail ridership is now at 79% of its 2019 pre-pandemic level. Average weekend ridership is now at 75% of pre-pandemic (August 2019) levels and 79.5% for average weekdays.

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