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ArticlesOctober 15, 2020

How Transit is Leading the Way to a Better Normal

With city and state budgets radically reduced and questionable hope for federal or state stimulus funding, some are forecasting the end of the transit era.

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NewsOctober 15, 2020

NFTA-Metro Riders Can Now Use Moovit to Plan, Pay for Transit Trips

Moovit’s free iOS, Android, and Web app combines official information from transit agencies as well as crowdsourced information to calculate the best route for each journey with urban mobility options like buses, rail, trolley, bike sharing options, Lyft, and Uber.

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ArticlesOctober 13, 2020

Innovative Solutions Awards: Technology

Betterez Canada Inc./Bustang (Operated by the Colorado Department of Transportation and All Aboard America Holdings Inc.)

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ArticlesCover StoryOctober 12, 2020

Election Forecast: What Might Really Change Next Year – and By How Much?

Regardless of electoral outcome, some trends that have been accelerating for years will continue well into 2021 and beyond.

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NewsOctober 12, 2020

HART Launches Tampa Bay Area's First AV Pilot

The HART SMART AV offers first mile, last mile connection between the TECO Line Streetcar and the Marion Transit Center.

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ArticlesOctober 9, 2020

Innovative Solutions Awards: Passenger Experience

Cap Metro partnered with Luminator to innovate its customer communications by transitioning to 99 e-paper signs at MetroRapid bus stations and MetroBus fixed-route stops from LED signs.

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NewsOctober 7, 2020

Connexionz Delivers New ITS Projects, Grows U.S. Operations

These projects, along with the company’s service and maintenance programs, helped Connexionz add a new operations and project manager and secure a new U.S. office.

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VideosOctober 7, 2020

TriMet Set to Launch New Pedestrian, Bicycle Bridge

Once opened, the new TriMet bridge will be the final piece of the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Transit Project and will create another north-south connection over MAX and Union Pacific Railroad tracks, where stopped heavy rail traffic can create a barrier that cannot be crossed safely.

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NewsOctober 7, 2020

King County Teams with Spare for Microtransit Program

Crossroads Connect will help close the first-, last-mile transportation gap in the underserved service zone by linking passengers to Bellevue’s Rapid B line as well as other King County Metro buses.

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NewsOctober 6, 2020

Mich.'s TheRide Joins EZfare Mobile Ticketing Program

The agency joined 13 other transit agencies across Michigan, Ohio, and Kentucky that already sell their fares on the EZfare regional fare payment system, which is powered by Fare Payments-as-a-Service provider, Masabi.

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