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NewsMay 5, 2021

NYC Transit to Resume 24-Hour Subway Service

Service will resume on May 17, following last years' overnight reductions amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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NewsMay 5, 2021

NJ TRANSIT Offering Free Rides to COVID-19 Vaccination Sites

The agency’s “VAXRIDE” program includes up to two free round trip rides to approximately 11,000 residents.

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NewsApril 21, 2021

MARTA to Restore Suspended Bus Routes

Last spring, MARTA suspended 70 of its 110 bus routes due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the need for social distancing. All routes will be restored on April 24.

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ArticlesApril 16, 2021

EMBARK's Ferbrache, Rush Join METROspectives Podcast

They join Alex Roman to discuss BRT, COVID-19, mobility, and more.

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NewsApril 14, 2021

Thermo King Introduces Air Purification System for Transit Buses

The solution leverages a filter, paired with an innovative cleaning technology, to capture and deactivate certain viruses, like COVID-19, as the air is exchanged in buses.

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NewsApril 12, 2021

New York's Daily Subway Ridership Hits 2M for First Time Since Pandemic

A reported 2,009,025 trips were recorded on the subway on April 8, the first time that more than two million trips were taken on the subway since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City.

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NewsMarch 29, 2021

FTA makes $30B to Aid Transit with COVID-19 Recovery

Funding is provided through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. 117-2), signed by President Biden on March 11.

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How Transit Can Create Pop-Up Vaccine Transportation with Microtransit

Getting people like seniors, low-income earners and car-less people to COVID-19 vaccination centers safely and efficiently is a significant logistical challenge in many places. Without universal access to adequate fixed-route transit, pop-up microtransit can be an important tool in an agency’s arsenal.

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NewsMarch 11, 2021

Metro Phoenix Transit Workers Prioritized to Get COVID-19 Vaccine

The Maricopa County Department of Public Health will give the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine during an event that occurs March 12 to 14.

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NewsMarch 8, 2021

Via, Jersey City Mark Anniversary, Expand On-Demand Service

The service was launched at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 to complement and extend Jersey City’s existing public transit infrastructure, specifically to fill the existing gaps in public transportation access in the North and South regions of the city.

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