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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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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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NewsSeptember 2, 2020

APTA's Skoutelas Calls for $32B in Emergency Transit Funding

The president and CEO of the association issued a statement calling for Congress to take action after returning from recess next week.

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NewsAugust 4, 2020

Motorcoach Sales Down 83% in Q2, according to ABA Foundation Report

Also, pre-owned coach sales were down 150 vehicles and new new coach sales were down 294 units, combining for a total 444 less units sold in the second quarter compared to the first quarter of 2020.

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NewsJuly 31, 2020

SEPTA Launches Fund to Help Families of Employees Impacted by COVID-19

The SEPTA Disaster Relief Memorial Fund was launched in large part due to feedback from employees who wanted a way to help the spouses, children, and other loved ones of co-workers who have died or were severely ill.

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NewsJuly 29, 2020

AECOM launches New Tech Platform to Support Transit’s Safe Return to Service

TRIPS integrates data and technologies for each point of the passenger’s journey — from helping individuals decide when and how to travel, to informing transit operators when stations or vehicles are nearing capacity.

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NewsJuly 28, 2020

Passio Introduces Contact Tracing Tool to Combat Pandemic

The new module works with existing passenger identification scanning systems to identify and alert transit operators which passengers may have been exposed to an infected fellow rider.

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PodcastsJuly 27, 2020

The Short- and Long-Term Impacts of COVID-19 on Public Transit and its Ridership with Nicole Recker and Tom Ryden

Nicole Recker, VP of mobility services and administration at Texas’ DCTA, and Tom Ryden, senior project manager for LAN, join METRO's Alex Roman to discuss the implications for transit caused by the pandemic, how branding and messaging will play a part in ridership returning, much more.

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NewsJuly 1, 2020

Latest RTD Financial Projections Better than Predicted, Volatility Likely

The June forecast, which Leeds staff discussed at a study session with the board, predicts that RTD’s finances could recover to pre-COVID-19 levels two years sooner than previously predicted — by 2023.

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ArticlesJune 30, 2020

United Safety CEO Discusses COVID-19, Manufacturing PPE Gear

President/CEO Joseph Mirabile talks about the decision to begin manufacturing the critically needed gear and how the community was coming together pack and distribute it to frontline workers.

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