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Newsby StaffFebruary 1, 2018

Study links rising SoCal car ownership with decline in transit ridership

The six-county region added 2.1 million household vehicles between the years 2000 and 2015, a car increase that nearly quadruples the rate of the preceding decade.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 17, 2018

Netflix and terrorism blamed for London Tube ridership decline

Ridership on the London Underground has dropped for the first time in more than 20 year.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 17, 2018

UTA's free-fare day adds 29K riders

The agency said the single-day ridership on FrontRunner commuter trains was up by 66% for a total of 30,016 boardings, while ridership on the TRAX light rail was up by 32%, for a total of 79,825 boardings.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 3, 2018

Las Vegas monorail ticket sales expected to fall millions short

The system is budgeted to make about $6.5 million less in ticket sales than was forecast in ridership study.

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Newsby StaffDecember 13, 2017

Sacramento RT votes to drastically slash student passes to boost ridership

The new fares, if approved, are scheduled to last six months, until the end of the school year.

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Newsby StaffDecember 7, 2017

Cleveland RTA's unveil newly branded MetroHealth Line buses

The MetroHealth Line was developed as part of a naming rights agreement between RTA and The MetroHealth System, executed earlier this year, to rebrand the No. 51 family of routes. Those routes have the second highest bus ridership after the HealthLine.

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Transit Dispatchesby Paul LewisDecember 5, 2017

How and How Not To Contract For Better Transit Service

After enjoying a long period of ridership growth and expansions of rail and bus networks, American transit has found itself in a mess. Transit ridership fell in all but two cities in 2016, local budgets are stagnant, and riders are demanding higher quality services. While there are some domestic examples of how agencies are innovating, agencies must begin looking beyond the border.

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ArticlesDecember 1, 2017

Publisher's Perspective: Transit seeking ways to combat declining bus ridership

This past May, I discussed factors that may be contributing to a disturbing trend in recent years — declining bus patronage — and ways to combat it.

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Newsby StaffNovember 22, 2017

Sound Transit light rail ridership up 26%

The ridership gains within our region are very significant in contrast to recent ridership reductions in many other regions, with Sound Transit services seeing some of the strongest growth in the nation.

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Newsby StaffNovember 8, 2017

HART CEO to lead Pittsburgh Port Authority

During Katharine Eagan's tenure, from 2010 to 2015, ridership increased over 20% and farebox recovery increased over 25%. 

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