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Newsby StaffMay 20, 2024

MTI Report Finds 51% Support Mileage Fee if Varied by Pollution Levels

The survey also found that the majority of respondents supported lower mileage-fee rates for low-income drivers: almost two-thirds (64%) supported this option.

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Articlesby Alex RomanMay 20, 2024

Funding, ZEBs, and More with STV's Kelly

METRO had the chance to speak with STV's president/CEO for its 2024 Consultant's Roundtable.

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How Transit Agencies Can Get More People 'On Board' with Transit Tech

This year’s National Get on Board Day (April 25) is a great chance to raise awareness about the importance of public transportation, showcasing the many benefits it brings to communities.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsApril 10, 2024

FTA Finalizes Regulations to Promote Transit Safety, Protect Workers

The major safety updates will make transit systems safer for transit workers and passengers nationwide, while providing workers more input in safety-making decisions through enhanced safety committees.

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Transit Dispatchesby Mark R. AeschMarch 19, 2024

Moving from Traditional to Modernized Transit

Thought leader and 21-time best-selling author Seth Godin recently shared in his daily blog a sentence that captured our attention “more and better aren't the same…" Indeed, and the space between more and better is the state of the public transit industry’s crossroad.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 1, 2024

Chicago Summit Focuses on Improving Transit Safety

The Summit gathered leaders and transit riders to explore solutions, including enhancing personal security and addressing perception of crime on transit and incorporating transit-specific strategies into social services initiatives.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 29, 2024

Feds Make $9.9B in Formula Funds Available to Transit

The funding will help communities maintain and operate trains, buses, and ferries; upgrade stations and tracks; plan and design new transit corridors; and provide access for seniors and riders with disabilities.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 26, 2024

Changes Impacting TTC Customer Satisfaction, Safety

Last September, the TTC announced it would vastly enhance the visible presence of staff throughout the system, by hiring 130 customer service agents and 30 supervisors at key subway stations, as well as on the bus and streetcar networks.

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Transit Dispatchesby Mark R. AeschFebruary 20, 2024

Opportunity Rarely Knocks…It Simply Passes By

Some have paraphrased it to suggest that "opportunity knocks but once," suggesting it will pass by unless acted upon and the window of opportunity closes. The phrase itself dates back to England in the 1600s, but has lived on and even been amplified, including by a 1990 movie starring Dana Carvey.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsJanuary 12, 2024

APTA Urges Congress to Honor BIL, Fully Fund Transit

In a letter, APTA President/CEO said “At a minimum, we urge the THUD Appropriations Act, together with advance appropriations of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, to provide $21.1 billion for public transit and $16.7 billion for passenger rail, as passed by the Senate..."

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