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NewsAugust 4, 2020

Motorcoach Sales Down 83% in Q2, according to ABA Foundation Report

Also, pre-owned coach sales were down 150 vehicles and new new coach sales were down 294 units, combining for a total 444 less units sold in the second quarter compared to the first quarter of 2020.

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Newsby StaffMay 22, 2020

RTD survey finds public cautious about using transit

Respondents were asked to rate six activities according to their perceived level of safeness.

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Newsby StaffMay 20, 2020

RTA identifies costs, potential funding strategies for Metra service improvements

This study was completed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in temporary changes to the NCS schedule.

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Newsby StaffMay 6, 2020

Metrolink survey highlights importance of service during stay-at-home

More than one half of the respondents either work in Healthcare (39%) or Transportation/Logistics (14%), and nearly one-third (32%) have no vehicle and rely on Metrolink to get to their jobs.

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Newsby StaffNovember 11, 2019

Smaller vehicles showing sales growth in latest ABA Foundation report

The 30- to 40-foot motorcoach sales grew 68% over the same quarter last year going from 19 in 2018 to 32 units sold in 2019.

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Newsby StaffAugust 1, 2019

Rider survey finds customer satisfaction with DCTA services, staff

The agency received a total of 2,629 responses, which is equal to 20% of the average daily ridership for April 2019. 

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Newsby StaffJune 24, 2019

Support for raising Federal gas tax continues to rise, finds Mineta report

Seventy-five percent of respondents supported a 10¢ increase in the gas tax if the revenue raised is dedicated to maintenance projects.

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Newsby StaffJune 13, 2019

Motorcoach industry provided 574.6M trips in 2017: ABA report

On average, a motorcoach provided 15,418 passenger trips in 2017, provided 1.7 million passenger miles, employed 2.6 people.

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Transit Dispatchesby Mark R. AeschMay 30, 2019

Customer Satisfaction Will Always Motivate Consumer's Mobility Choices

New mobility modes will continue to be introduced and tested, old modes will be updated and improvised, and some modes will become extinct.

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Articlesby Alex RomanSeptember 25, 2017

Top 100 Bus Fleets Survey: Exploring New Options, Technologies to be Part of Multimodal Solution

From testing autonomous vehicles to piloting on-demand transportation, transit agencies are looking for new ways to complement their bus services. In conjunction, many are also adding technologies such as mobile apps that can help plan a complete trip using a host of transportation options.

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