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Newsby News/Media ReleaseSeptember 28, 2023

VIA Board Adopts $390M Operating, Capital Budget

The VIA Board of Trustees unanimously adopted a $390.8 million consolidated FY2024 budget that supports improvements to bus and van service.

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Transit Dispatchesby Mark R. AeschSeptember 26, 2023

Welcome to A New Place to Challenge Conventional Wisdom and More

TransPro Consulting and METRO have collaborated once again to build on that foundation of executive curiosity to provide greater frequency and establish a new form of correspondence: a monthly column.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsSeptember 25, 2023

L.A. Metro Continues to Rise in August

Metro’s monthly bus and rail ridership is now at 79% of its 2019 pre-pandemic level. Average weekend ridership is now at 75% of pre-pandemic (August 2019) levels and 79.5% for average weekdays.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsSeptember 20, 2023

TransLink Council Warns Housing Targets at Risk Without Transit Expansion Funding

The plan will enhance access to new affordable housing developments throughout the region and better serve existing communities where transit ridership is already overcrowded.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsSeptember 7, 2023

DCTA's GoZone Hits Two-Year Milestone

Since launching in September 2021, GoZone has become one of the most popular on-demand transit programs of its kind in the nation, with monthly ridership peaking at more than 77,000 rides in May 2023.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsSeptember 1, 2023

Denver's RTD Wraps 'Zero Fare for Better Air' Pilot

The state-funded program, which expanded by one month this year, provided access to all RTD’s services during the months of July and August at no cost.

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Articlesby Alex RomanAugust 31, 2023

Take Two: APTA's TRANSform & EXPO Returns to Orlando

The conference makes its return to Orlando after a successful show in 2021 that occurred just as the restrictions of COVID relaxed.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsAugust 29, 2023

L.A. Metro Ridership Continues Climb in July

The agency saw a 15% year-over-year increase in ridership in July 2023 compared to July 2022 with more than 23.3 million boardings, marking the eighth consecutive month of year-over-year ridership growth.

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ArticlesCover Storyby Alex RomanAugust 7, 2023

Honolulu’s TheBus Looks to Bring Zero Emissions to The Island, Launches New Light Rail System

Although the COVID pandemic had a real impact on one of the nation’s most heavily used public transportation services per capita, TheBus continues to charge ahead on plans to go zero emissions through a partnership with GILLIG.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsJuly 25, 2023

LA Metro Ridership Rise Continues, Weekend Playing Major Factor

Metro’s monthly bus and rail ridership is now at 81% of its 2019 pre-pandemic level. Average weekend ridership is now at 91% of pre-pandemic level and 76% for average weekdays.

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