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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJune 23, 2023

TransLink Study Shows Developer Incentives Boost Ridership, Revenues

The results demonstrate that encouraging developers to offer transit passes as part of new developments has the effect of encouraging more transit use and boosting revenues for the system.

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Articlesby Louis PrejeanJune 9, 2023

How Transit Agencies View the Workforce Shortage

The American Public Transportation Association followed up the first phase of its workforce shortage study by examining how workers and agencies view the issue. The association, along with transit agencies, discussed the outlook of the workforce shortage and more.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJune 7, 2023

MTI Study Provides How to Select Vertiport Site

The study is the result of a year-long regional geographic information system (GIS) case study of the San Francisco Bay Area analyzing vertiport site suitability across five counties.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJune 1, 2023

Northern Virginia's Transit Network Generates $1.5B in Annual Revenue

The study estimates that at least $1 billion can be attributed to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s Metrorail system.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMay 18, 2023

Study Evaluates How to Kill Bacteria on Public Transportation

Led by the Vancouver Coastal Health medical microbiology team, researchers tested for virus-killing capabilities, including surrogates for COVID-19 and Noroviruses.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseApril 27, 2023

Report Reveals Best, Worst Metros for Commuting in 2023

The analysis includes the top 50 largest U.S. metro areas by population.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 29, 2023

Report Compares Public Transport Fares in Big Cities

Picodi’s study was based on the prices of single tickets and monthly passes offered by local public transport operators as of March 2023.

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ArticlesFebruary 8, 2023

Premium Bus Services Aimed at Weary Flyers Gain Ground

A new DePaul University study predicts that premium bus services offering more spacious seating than regular coaches will spread around the country.

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Articlesby Louis PrejeanJanuary 27, 2023

Solving the Public Transit Workforce Shortage

The American Public Transportation Association and Transit Center have released reports addressing the workforce shortage and challenges in hiring and retaining bus operators. Here are the results and how to face those challenges head-on.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseOctober 26, 2022

MTI Research Examines Microtransit Benefits

Perspective authors Joshua Schank and Emma Huang were the architects of two on-demand microtransit systems for LA Metro.

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