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PodcastsOctober 31, 2024

Public Transit’s Role, Leadership, Diversity Programs, and More with Transdev’s Laura Hendricks, Susan Sweat, and Lauren Skiver

In a special audio-exclusive edition of METROspectives, Transdev US CEO Laura Hendricks and COO’s Susan Sweat and Lauren Skiver join METRO’s Executive Editor Alex Roman to discuss how their unique backgrounds play a role in building a culture at Transdev, the impact public transportation has in providing communities with access to services and opportunities, the future of the transit industry as we approach and emerge from election season, and much more.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseOctober 4, 2024

LA Metro Board Approves North Hollywood Station Project

New housing development will provide affordable homes and easy access to the LA Metro’s transit systems.

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Newsby StaffOctober 3, 2024

APTA Transit Equity Report Charts Public Transportation Progress

Drawing on the equity-driven initiatives of 11 transit agencies, the report illustrates the innovative measures being taken to embed equity into public transportation.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsOctober 1, 2024

TRC Launches One Transit; Enters 132 Vehicle Partnership

The Routing Company is using their Pingo platform to enable their One Transit model and seamlessly integrate paratransit, microtransit, and fixed-route services.

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ArticlesSeptember 23, 2024

The Significance of Managing Workforce Cultural Diversity in the Public Transit Workplace

A culturally diverse transit workforce brings a deeper understanding of the communities being served, an ability to overcome language barriers, and a greater sense of comfort for passengers who share cultural backgrounds with transit personnel.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 11, 2024

Seattle's King County Signs Pledge to Support Historically Underutilized Businesses

The mission of the Equity in Infrastructure Pledge is to build generational wealth and reduce the racial wealth gap by improving public infrastructure contracting practices to create more prime, joint venture and equity contracting opportunities for HUBs.

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Newsby StaffAugust 19, 2024

Biz Briefs: MTM Transit, Tolar, and WSP

Biz Briefs covers all the latest news from the motorcoach and public transit industries.

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Articlesby Alex RomanAugust 15, 2024

California, Ohio Agencies Team with TRC to Bring Increased Efficiency, Expanded Mobility

After finding significant success, CTS, FAST, and their supplier partner TRC have earned one of METRO’s Innovative Solutions Awards for Mobility.

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Newsby StaffAugust 14, 2024

MBTA Launching Income-Eligible Reduced Fare Program

A meaningful improvement for fare equity, the new program provides riders who are aged 18 to 64 and have low income with reduced one-way fares of approximately 50% off on all MBTA buses, subway, commuter rail, and paratransit travel.

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Transit Dispatchesby Mark R. AeschJuly 16, 2024

Modernizing the Measurement of Value

The transit industry has both embraced and allowed the singular definition of value to be that of ridership. Ridership goes up somehow the industry did something great.

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