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Newsby StaffOctober 18, 2019

N.Y. 'bus rapid transit' route enhancements boost ridership by 37%

The routes, which are augmented by new transit priority lanes, have attracted new ridership and improved service and reliability.

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ArticlesOctober 15, 2019

C-TRAN focuses on core areas to boost service, operations

The agency was named APTA’s 2019 national mid-sized Transit System of the Year for agencies with ridership between four million and 20 million trips per year.

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ArticlesCover StoryOctober 15, 2019

Ridership growth spurs Blacksburg Transit's success

The agency earned APTA’s award in the small urban transit system category characterized by annual ridership of four million or less

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ArticlesCover StoryOctober 15, 2019

(Part II) What new tech, services are transit agencies implementing?

METRO asked some of the top execs in the nation what they are doing to improve their offerings for ridership.

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ArticlesOctober 7, 2019

Cost-Cutting Strategies for Your Paratransit Program

Transit agencies must provide a multimodal, door-to-door solution for all their riders. In doing this, they can reduce paratransit costs, improve ridership, and remove inefficient fixed routes.

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ArticlesSeptember 17, 2019

Top 100 Bus Fleets Survey: Transit Works to Boost Ridership, Services

To better serve customers, agencies are revamping services and offering more mobility options, including bike-share, ride-share, microtransit, and more.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 11, 2019

Report shows how transit can complete projects quicker, cheaper

How entities are turning to the Quick-Build methodology to expand transit options, improve existing service, and increase ridership.

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ArticlesSeptember 1, 2019

How Reverse Commutes Can Help Reshape Rail Ridership

Keolis and the MBTA partnered on a revenue-incentive agreementthat includes an integrated, first-of-its-kind marketing campaign to increase ridership through reverse commuting and leisure travel.

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ArticlesAugust 27, 2019

Increasing Ridership: A Case Study from Herzliya, Israel

A bus system overhaul and the ability to rapidly generate the most efficient schedules made it possible to double ridership in a year.

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Newsby StaffAugust 26, 2019

Sound Transit approves $60M for Pierce Transit BRT

The new 14.4-mile BRT line will improve service on agency's highest ridership route.

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