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As unemployment numbers grow in the midst of the recession, transit ridership numbers have dipped. To help boost ridership, transit agencies are developing marketing campaigns and promotions, partnering with local businesses and sports teams, and implementing employee discount programs, with much success.
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Reduction is due to CTA making better efforts to manage frequent causes of absenteeism such as sick leave and job-related injuries. The changes are set to save the transit system more than $10 million compared to 2011.
Read More →Metro asked some top industry executives how they are attracting the next generation of talent.
Read More →First Transit is teaming up with CommuteStream to push more relevant and targeted monthly advertisements to the mobile devices of riders on public transit.
Read More →Contractor will operate 87 fixed-route shuttles.
Read More →Student groups in the forms of the student Senate, board, Resident Housing Association and advisory committees work closely with transit planners on routes, frequencies, and levels of service.
Read More →It was also announced that Wi-Fi will be installed on all the agency’s buses through Gov. Murphy’s FY2023 budget.
Read More →The latest development allows Android and Wear OS users to seamlessly manage their transit payments, recharge their ORCA accounts, and monitor recent purchase activity and trip history directly through Google Wallet.
Read More →Connect Transit's efforts have resulted in a 40% increase in ridership over the last three years and the honor of being named APTA's 2015 Outstanding Public Transportation System for agencies providing fewer than four million passenger trips annually.
Read More →The contract, which includes repowering and repainting 30 artic buses, is expected to be completed this winter.
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