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There are several arguments to be made for increasing public transit access.
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The bipartisan Congressional Public Transportation Caucus will provide a forum for members to engage in constructive dialogue on the challenges and needs of mass transit agencies across the country as increasing demand and decreasing funding are putting unprecedented pressure on America’s public transportation systems.
Read More →The milestone event honored generations of transit workers and showcased how public transportation has evolved into a multimodal system serving one of the nation's fastest-growing regions.
Read More →Supports the recently launched online grassroots campaign "Take Action. Write to Minister Lebel" that aims at engaging dialogue on the national importance of transit and making sure public transit becomes a central-pillar of the next long-term plan
Read More →Fifty percent of riders listen to music or read to intentionally avoid social interaction, according to the study. Seating adjustments could help foster conversation.
Read More →METROspectives speaks with John Andoh, Executive Director and CEO of South Carolina's The COMET mass transportation system. Andoh discusses how The COMET and its workforce are dealing with COVID-19, what it's like to be a manager of a public transportation agency at this time, and what the agency is doing to plan for its new post-pandemic reality.
Read More →The U.S. DOT’s National Household Travel Survey found that people who walked to public transit in large urban areas with a rail system were 72% more likely to transit walk 30 minutes or more per day than were those without a rail system.
Read More →The approved contract modification will increase funding for transit security officer services to a total not-to-exceed amount of $32.1 million, ensuring a continued and visible security presence across DART’s buses, trains, stations, and facilities.
Read More →Virginia, Minn.’s Arrowhead Transit is the second largest rural public transit system in the U.S. In our latest edition of METROspectives, Arrowhead Tranit’s Dominick Olivanti and Colette Hanson join METRO’s Executive Editor Alex Roman to discuss public transit from a rural provider perspective.
Read More →Without transit, nationwide delays would have increased by nearly 30%, costing residents in the major urban areas studied an additional $21.2 billion in lost time and fuel.
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