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Safety Cornerby Amos HaggiagMarch 12, 2020

Helping transit agencies prepare for COVID-19 with no-cost contingency plans

Agencies are left to figure out how best to provide transit service while minimizing the spread of the virus and contending with expected drops in ridership and driver availability.

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Newsby StaffMarch 10, 2020

Jersey City's on-demand service growing rapidly

Via, which operates the service, has experienced steady daily growth and high demand since launch in Jersey City, with an increasing number of both new and repeat riders.

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Transit Dispatchesby Grayson KemperMarch 4, 2020

What Makes Public Transit Systems Successful?

In this article, we show you how public transportation benefits cities, and what cities can do to make their public transit systems thrive.

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Transit Dispatchesby Paul ComfortFebruary 26, 2020

What Does the Future of Public Transportation Look Like?

One of the largest trends over the past couple years in public transit has been implementing new strategies to increase ridership.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 25, 2020

IndyGo sees 8% increase in systemwide ridership

Additionally, Red Line BRT ridership was 6% higher in January than in December.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 24, 2020

SEPTA ups service frequency, nixes skip-stop on rail line

The decision to eliminate skip-stop service was made based on a successful pilot program in 2018 and helps address ridership growth.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 24, 2020

CTA to pilot all-door boarding on two bus routes

Has the potential to reduce boarding times by as much as 50% and improve the overall customer experience.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 20, 2020

COTA ridership highest in 31 years

The agency continues to see increases in ridership as the national trend shows declines in public transportation.

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Transit DispatchesFebruary 12, 2020

When considering free-fare transit, conduct a thorough analysis

Operators must ask themselves if they have the capacity to absorb the revenue loss as well as support an increase in ridership and service.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 11, 2020

San Diego's MTS continues bus, rail ridership gains

The last time MTS saw this level of ridership gains was in FY 2015, when the agency recorded back-to-back years of record ridership.

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