METRO Magazine is announcing the winners of its 2024 Innovative Solutions Award, which will be featured online, beginning August 8 and every Thursday after in August, as well as in the Fall 2024 issue.

Now in its 10th 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 more.

A Look at 2024's Winners

This year’s award winners are heavily focused on improving the passenger experience, including more seamless mobility options, improved safety, better ticketing and trip planning capabilities, and much more.

This year’s winners are:

• Lawrence Transit/Spare/Swiftly/Transit App – Increased Efficiency

• FAST Transit (Fairfield, Calif.)/ Chillicothe Transit System (Ohio)/The Routing Company – Mobility

• Denver Regional Transit District/Masabi/Transit App – Customer Experience

• Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (Tampa, Fla.)/INIT – Fare Collection

• University of Wisconsin-Madison Transportation Services/Urban Solar – Sustainability

METRO’s staff would like to thank everyone who applied, congratulations again goes to all our winners, and don’t forget to tune in online and in print to find out more about their stories.