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With growing ridership, MTA is investing in a faster, more modern fleet — starting with 316 next-gen M-9A railcars.
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The 14.4-mile portion of the South Sound BRT line, tentatively scheduled to open in 2025, will serve a corridor currently served by Pierce Transit’s Route 1, which has the agency’s highest ridership.
Read More →The company’s FY 2021 ridership and revenue are forecasted to improve to about 40% of pre-COVID levels, which is less than anticipated.
Read More →The budget gap is a result of several factors, including lower ridership revenue that is still recovering from the pandemic, the depletion of federal pandemic relief funds, a subsidy credit provided to jurisdictions in 2020, and historic inflation.
Read More →Since 1990, rail ridership has increased by more than half a billion passengers and the total number of systems has grown by nearly 50%.
Read More →A user-friendly Website may help increase ridership and improve an agency’s image.
Read More →With 2005 ridership at about 8 million, the success of the Hiawatha Light Rail line in Minneapolis after one year has exceeded expectations. How smart urban planning and state-of-the-art technology have contributed to the line's popularity.
Read More →Ridership surveys, focus groups and in-depth interviews can help transit agencies improve customer service, target advertising and gain public support. Bus manufacturers can also profit from customer feedback.
Read More →Flexible in the extreme, BRT can be implemented in stages and allowed to develop its ridership over time -- either as an end unto itself or as a prelude to a rail system. That underlying reality is one of BRT's most appealing virtues: even in the most difficult of financial times, small and large metropolitan regions alike still need public transportation.
Read More →Providing over 25 million customer trips each year, CATS has added light rail and streetcar service, which has increased ridership exponentially.
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