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Revamped systems have helped many agencies attain the information they need to implement fare increases, improve routes and scheduling, and increase revenues.
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The platform offers a customer-centric approach using digital sales via the URpass app, an online store, or account-based ticketing.
Read More →Unexpectedly high student ridership numbers have boosted the cost of covering free rides for students on Riverside Transit. UC Riverside will now pay up to $204,000 annually for the service.
Read More →The contract expands the initial agreement which began in 2021 when WeDriveU first began supplementing Penn Transit’s services.
Read More →When the program was rolled out in June, the provincial government didn’t give TransLink the necessary funds — $85.1 million, according to the agency — to back up the expansion.
Read More →The program is so successful at University of Minnesota - Duluth, that in 2012 the DTA recognized its five millionth U-Pass passenger.
Read More →The University of Pittsburgh and Chatham University will pay 60% of the $2.75 base fare for each trip taken in 2021, or $1.65, increasing 3% in each of the next five years, to 72% by 2026. The authority is in talks with Carnegie Mellon University to reach a similar agreement.
Read More →The price change, approved by the ORCA Joint Board, saves money and enhances convenience for customers who use multiple transit services in a single day.
Read More →Carnegie Mellon joins American University and Washington College of Law, the first university to launch the U-Pass program on campus last year.
Read More →The BluPass program — funded by Parking and Transportation Services — was implemented to decrease single-occupancy vehicle use, give students and employees more choices in transportation options and to ultimately reduce campus parking demand.
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