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Transit agencies around the country have successfully implemented similar rules, such as LA Metro, BART, Dallas's DART, and Atlanta’s MARTA. WMATA developed its proposal taking those best practices into account.
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The board took a major step toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving local air quality with the approval of a new Metrobus fleet strategy that would create a 100% zero-emission bus fleet by 2045, with a full transition to electric or other zero-emission bus purchases by 2030.
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Riders can add their SmarTrip card to Google Pay and use their NFC-enabled Android™ phone for payment, eliminating the need for a physical SmarTrip.
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More than 350 transit systems are providing free transportation to vaccination sites or using their transit stations and facilities as vaccination sites, and some have even converted buses and other transit vehicles into mobile clinics.
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The options are being exercised from New Flyer’s backlog in the third year of a five-year contract originally awarded in 2018.
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Issuing Climate Bonds will help WMATA attract more environmentally conscious buyers to increase investor demand and result in a better, more competitive rate for the transit agency.
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The full board is expected to approve the committee’s recommendation on April 22.
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The upgraded facility will advance the agency’s goals for an improved transit experience and process for railcar maintenance and repairs.
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Customers can find this real-time information when tracking their bus at buseta.wmata.com, and in the agency’s open data feed for third-party transit and mapping applications like Google Maps.
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The report also presents the last annual set of performance and condition data prior to the stay at home orders issued in the region and travel changes stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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