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NewsNovember 11, 2020

ViaVan, VBZ Launch On-Demand Ride Service in Zurich

The new service, called Pikmi, will provide shared rides in Altstetten and Albisrieden, and the Triemli and Hardplatz transport hubs.

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NewsNovember 11, 2020

TransLink to Test Copper Coating on Transit

The project is part of a study that will see various copper-based products and a protective coating called organosilane installed on SkyTrain and buses to test how effective these agents are at destroying viruses and bacteria on transit.

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NewsNovember 11, 2020

Report Finds Cap On WMATA’s Budget A 'Useful Tool'

Virginia law currently limits increases on money the Commonwealth Transportation Board provides for the transit agency.

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Transit Dispatchesby Jason GrossNovember 10, 2020

Why Taxis Still Matter in Today’s Transportation Landscape

COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on entire industries, and the transportation industry has been no exception. For the first time in its 115-year history, New York City’s subways stopped running in a planned shutdown that’s still affecting the city’s residents today.

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NewsNovember 6, 2020

MBTA Ramps Up Face Mask Enforcement

The agency's enforcement efforts are in response to Massachusetts’s revised executive order requiring all residents to wear a face covering in public, whether indoors or outdoors.

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NewsNovember 3, 2020

Study Finds 55% of Americans Expect Election to be Most Stressful Day of 2020

Conducted by OnePoll on behalf of Feelmore Labs and Cove, the survey also revealed that Millennials and Gen Xers were more likely to anticipate Election Day to be their most stressful day — at 61% and 58% respectively, whereas only 32% of Baby Boomers shared this sentiment.

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Transit Dispatchesby Brian AntolinOctober 28, 2020

Redrawing the Lines of Transit Bus Services

The discussion featured transit professionals, academic researchers, and transportation consultants, sharing not only their perspectives on post pandemic local affects on agencies, but the overall shifts underway that each stakeholder needs to understand.

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NewsOctober 27, 2020

Via, Motional Partner for On-Demand Robotaxi Service

The partnership’s service is expected to launch in one of Motional’s existing U.S. markets in 2021.

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NewsOctober 26, 2020

N.Y. MTA Announces Almost 15M Masks Distributed to Employees, Customers

Since the onset of the pandemic, the personal protective equipment distributed to heroic MTA frontline employees includes 4.9 million N95 and KN95 masks, 4.8 million surgical masks, and 600,000 cloth masks.

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NewsOctober 23, 2020

LA Metro Approves Fare Structure, Maps for Microtransit Pilot

The new program, called Metro Micro, will provide Metro-operated on-demand shared ride service using vehicles that hold up to 10 passengers.

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