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Newsby StaffJanuary 10, 2025

Long Island Rail Road Celebrates Strongest Year to Date

The railroad’s on-time performance record was 95.65% — the best in its history excluding 2020-22 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsJanuary 8, 2025

FTA Report Finds Public Transit Ridership Up 17% Nationwide in 2023

The increase reflects more Americans choosing to take buses, subways, light rail, and other modes to travel to work, school, services, and weekend activities across the country and came as transit agencies better understood ridership needs following travel pattern changes during the pandemic.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJanuary 7, 2025

Trinity Metro TEXRail Surpasses Record Ridership in December

103,312 rides were taken on Trinity Metro’s TEXRail service during December, many providing families and riders access to the areas many holiday experiences.

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Newsby StaffDecember 20, 2024

RIPTA Extends 'RIde Anywhere' Paratransit Pilot Program

Under the RIde Anywhere Pilot Program, qualified Rhode Island residents can request curb-to-curb service for locations within the state that are outside of the three-quarter-mile radius.

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Newsby StaffDecember 20, 2024

LA Metro Marks 2 Consecutive Years of Ridership Growth

The combined bus and rail ridership for November reached nearly 88% of its 2019 pre-pandemic ridership level.

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Newsby StaffDecember 19, 2024

Chicago Fully Restores Bus Service to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Nineteen bus routes are receiving additional service under the winter schedule, as the CTA continues to add more bus operators — the result of the agency’s aggressive recruiting and hiring efforts.

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Newsby StaffDecember 12, 2024

New York Details Metro-North Railroad Capital Improvement Benefits

There is major capital work underway to fortify and improve the Metro-North network.

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Transit Dispatchesby Mark R. AeschDecember 10, 2024

Our Communities Will Value Happier Customers

Since the 1950’s, the transit industry has focused solely on the "more" portion of that sentence.

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Newsby StaffDecember 9, 2024

San Diego Hires Firm to Advance Equity in Transit Policy Making

To complete this work, Keen Independent Research will assess MTS’ current service delivery and collect input from riders, other local residents, and employees.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsDecember 9, 2024

APTA's 'Transit Wrapped' Names Agencies with Top Ridership Gains

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Seattle’s King County Metro, and San Franciso Muni were the top three agencies in terms of ridership growth for agencies with 50 million or more annual trips, while GO Transit topped the list for Canadian agencies.

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