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Newsby StaffMay 14, 2020

California could lose up to $20B over next 10 years because of COVID-19

The Mineta Transportation Institute study looked just at transportation revenue collected by the state, a package of taxes and fees established by Senate Bill 1 in 2017.

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ArticlesMay 12, 2020

4 questions transit agencies need to ask themselves in the wake of COVID-19

Government orders to stay at home, social distancing recommendations, and an unfortunate rise in unemployment have meant that transit ridership has plummeted across the globe.

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Newsby StaffMay 8, 2020

Keolis essential employees enjoy food for heroes luncheon

The Food for Heroes program provides lunches for essential employees during the COVID-19 emergency.

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Newsby StaffMay 8, 2020

APTA urges Congress to provide additional COVID-19 response funding

The public transportation industry has significantly increased costs and experienced dramatic revenue losses because of COVID-19.

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ArticlesMay 7, 2020

5 Long-term Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Transit

With this unprecedented crisis will come a new way for transit agencies to operate service and do business on a day-to-day basis. So what might that look like?

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Newsby StaffMay 5, 2020

Building America's Future urges Congress to include infrastructure in next COVID-19 package

Congress and the Trump Administration are considering a fifth COVID-19 response package to address the health, financial, and economic wreckage caused by the pandemic.

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Articlesby Ben WhitakerMay 5, 2020

Creating a contactless future for cities

COVID-19 has made it clear that handling cash and touching equipment — like turnstiles or fare vending machines — to board, could make transit less attractive through the risk of infection.

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Newsby StaffMay 4, 2020

APTA provides briefing to T&I Committee

President/CEO Paul P. Skoutelas discussed how the public transportation industry is coping with the COVID-19 pandemic and that additional aid will be needed now and for the future.

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Newsby StaffMay 1, 2020

The perils of providing transit, managing a workforce through COVID-19 with John Andoh

The COMET's executive director joins Alex Roman on the latest episode of METROspectives.

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Newsby StaffMay 1, 2020

NJ TRANSIT introduces access to COVID-19 testing to employees

The ability to facilitate access to testing for employees will lead to quicker identification of cases, quicker treatment for those testing positive, and immediate isolation to prevent spread.

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