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Once viewed primarily as transit operators, agencies are now leveraging land, partnerships, and long-term planning to boost ridership, expand housing, and strengthen communities.
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According to the study, key challenges facing university transit include provision of accessible services, seasonality of service and related workforce issues, and the rising cost of fuel and other services.
Read More →The opening of Seattle’s Sound Transit last year made it the 14th commuter rail operation since 1988 and the first time the city has seen such service in about 60 years.
Read More →From 2015 to 2016, bus ridership in Chicago fell by more than 15 million rides (5.8 percent), continuing a recent trend of fewer Chicagoans riding the bus.
Read More →The agreement with Hyundai Rotem will bring an additional 41 state-of-the-art bi-level commuter railcars — to a previously agreed-upon 83 cars — to the MBTA network.
Read More →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.
Read More →The proposal, developed by Amtrak management and approved by the board for further consideration, is intended to modernize the organization's structure while improving accountability, operational efficiency, and customer service.
Read More →TransLink has averaged 1.6 million people a day, which is more than twice the normal daily average of 750,000 and well above the pre-Games forecast of 1.1 million passengers
Read More →Overall, the agency's ridership for 2018 grew 2.9% to more than 48 million riders.
Read More →Overall, ridership remains below pre-pandemic levels for C-TRAN and other transit agencies.
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