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Newsby StaffMay 8, 2020

APTA urges Congress to provide additional COVID-19 response funding

The public transportation industry has significantly increased costs and experienced dramatic revenue losses because of COVID-19.

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ArticlesMay 7, 2020

5 Long-term Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Transit

With this unprecedented crisis will come a new way for transit agencies to operate service and do business on a day-to-day basis. So what might that look like?

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Newsby StaffMay 5, 2020

Building America's Future urges Congress to include infrastructure in next COVID-19 package

Congress and the Trump Administration are considering a fifth COVID-19 response package to address the health, financial, and economic wreckage caused by the pandemic.

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Articlesby Ben WhitakerMay 5, 2020

Creating a contactless future for cities

COVID-19 has made it clear that handling cash and touching equipment — like turnstiles or fare vending machines — to board, could make transit less attractive through the risk of infection.

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Newsby StaffMay 4, 2020

APTA provides briefing to T&I Committee

President/CEO Paul P. Skoutelas discussed how the public transportation industry is coping with the COVID-19 pandemic and that additional aid will be needed now and for the future.

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Newsby StaffMay 1, 2020

The perils of providing transit, managing a workforce through COVID-19 with John Andoh

The COMET's executive director joins Alex Roman on the latest episode of METROspectives.

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Newsby StaffMay 1, 2020

NJ TRANSIT introduces access to COVID-19 testing to employees

The ability to facilitate access to testing for employees will lead to quicker identification of cases, quicker treatment for those testing positive, and immediate isolation to prevent spread.

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Newsby StaffApril 29, 2020

TheRide laying off 44 positions to maintain financial stability amidst COVID-19

he staff reductions include union and non-union employees. In addition, executive staff have voluntarily reduced their salaries.

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Newsby StaffApril 27, 2020

As COVID-19 lingers, motorcoach industry seeing devastating losses, report

Most charter and tour companies have closed their doors, commuter operations have mostly stopped running, and scheduled service operations are operating at approximately 15% of capacity.

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Newsby StaffApril 27, 2020

Via launches emergency meal delivery service for students in D.C.

With schools closed across the D.C. metro area due to COVID-19, many children face food insecurity.

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