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In 2013, 10.7 billion trips were taken. It was the eighth year in a row that more than 10 billion trips were taken on public transportation systems nationwide, according to an APTA report.
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The report, which analyzes the D.C. Metro system, proposes that greater reliability of transit schedules could motivate more people to leave their vehicles at home and ride the bus.
Read More →Metro’s ridership in 2023 through November has now exceeded the level it posted for the entire calendar year of 2022.
Read More →Modeled after a European program, a pilot project in Portland, Ore., has shown great promise. The key to success has been providing potential riders with specific information on how they can use the transit system.
Read More →Amtrak is investing more than $4.5 billion in major infrastructure projects to support future growth after record year.
Read More →The agency reports that customer-focused improvements implemented last year contributed to the increase in rail ridership.
Read More →Mark Aesch, CEO/Founder of TransPro Consulting, joins METRO’s Executive Editor Alex Roman to discuss how to think differently about transit, moving away from the ridership question, his Rays The Mark Foundation, and much more.
Read More →By all indications, 2013 was quite a year for UTA, leading to the agency being named APTA’s 2014 Outstanding Public Transportation System for a transit agency providing 20 million or more passenger trips.
Read More →The County of Lackawanna Transit System agency provided 399,383 free rides to senior citizens in 2012 — 188,722 fewer than the preceding year, despite a statewide increase in the elderly population.
Read More →This marks the fifth time subways have carried more than 4 million riders on a single day since April 20, 2023.
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