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Newsby StaffJanuary 10, 2013

Wash. agency aims for 25% ridership increase

Community Transit’s draft six-year Transit Development Plan for 2013-18 calls for the increase by 2017, while adding no significant new service growth.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 2, 2013

N.Y. MTA Metro-North Railroad turns 30

Boasts a consistent on-time performance of better than 97%, a customer satisfaction rating of 93% and annual ridership of about 84 million. In 1983 system-wide on-time performance was hovering at 80.5% and annual ridership was 42 million and dropping.

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Newsby StaffDecember 18, 2012

D.C. Metro sees increase in ridership

New data shows that 37.5% of D.C. residents use public transit to get to work, compared to 33.2% in 1999.

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Newsby StaffNovember 19, 2012

Calif. RTA celebrates new record with giveaway

The Go-Pass and U-Pass programs experienced more than 1.3 million student boardings this fiscal year. To celebrate, the agency is giving away iPads to a student from Riverside City College and another from Moreno Valley College.

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Newsby StaffOctober 25, 2012

N.D. bus ridership increase prompts study

After dramatic increases in adult ridership — 105% for the first nine months and 111% in just the last three months — the system plans to conduct a study to help it better serve its customers.

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Newsby StaffOctober 15, 2012

O-U Transit reaches ridership record

Ridership reached 81,964 passenger boardings — mostly represented by staff, faculty and students — which is a significant jump from the previous record of 55,428. The system plans to acquire three more used buses.

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Newsby StaffJuly 12, 2012

San Diego MTS sets ridership record

There were 55.5 million passenger trips taken on bus during the year, which was 5.2% higher than the previous fiscal year and more than 800,000 more passenger trips taken in fiscal year 2009, which was when the previous bus ridership record was set.

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Newsby StaffJuly 9, 2012

Okla. transit honored for school partnership

Edmond, Okla.'s Citylink bus service has grown ridership on its campus route, known as Broncholink, since it began operation of the service, which will require switching to a larger bus.

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From the Editor'sby Alex RomanMay 25, 2012

Is transit industry ready for Generation Y?

Recently, the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute in Ann Arbor conducted a study on the driving habits of 16 to 39 year olds. The study found that number of 17-year-olds that had a driver’s license dropped significantly over a period of 25 years, from 69% in 1983 to 50% in 2008. Meanwhile, American aged 20 to 24 saw a drop as well, from 92% in 1983 to 82% in 2008.

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Newsby StaffMarch 12, 2012

Report: 10.4 billion trips taken on public transit in 2011

With an increase of 2.3% over the 2010 ridership, this was the sixth year in a row that more than 10 billion trips were taken on public transportation systems nationwide.

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