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Newsby StaffAugust 19, 2016

CTA Wins 2016 APTA Innovation Award for Ventra Mobile App

The Ventra Mobile App provides one-stop convenience for transit riders who travel on CTA’s “L” trains or buses, Pace buses or Metra commuter trains – enabling the transit rider to plan, manage and pay for their journeys.

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Newsby StaffAugust 10, 2016

N.Y. MTA's longest-serving chairman, Kiley dies

One of Kiley’s most enduring legacies was the removal of graffiti — a potent symbol of disorder — throughout New York City’s subway system.

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Newsby StaffAugust 2, 2016

NJ TRANSIT expands mobile ticketing app on bus routes

This latest update to the Mobile App now allows customers on additional bus routes to use the MyTix feature to purchase and display one-way tickets for bus travel between New York and New Jersey and between Philadelphia and New Jersey.

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Newsby StaffJuly 27, 2016

Chicago's Metra to conduct 1-year fare study

California-based Four Nines Technologies’ scope of work includes determining opportunities and costs of potential fare structure changes and developing a model that can help Metra evaluate those potential changes.

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Safety Cornerby Zach StoneJuly 27, 2016

5 Tips for Keeping Bus Operators Safe

Ah, summer. Pool parties, barbecues, the smell of honeysuckle and the sight of lightning bugs. Or — a rise in crime, agitated riders seeking air conditioning, heat stroke, a new fiscal year, and the necessary, but unpopular, fare increases. However you view the summer months, with a direct correlation between high temperatures and increased crime, it's vital for transit leaders to be asking themselves, "Have we done everything possible to keep our people safe?"

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Newsby StaffJuly 26, 2016

Miami-Dade Transit set to unveil mobile payment app

The project will soon also bring together other transportation options, such as parking, ride share, bike share, public transit and taxis.

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Newsby StaffJuly 25, 2016

Program helps families talk driving with seniors, suggest alternatives

The American Occupational Therapy Association’s plan helps families identify signs that older drivers may become unsafe and makes suggestions to help seniors maintain mobility, such as using paratransit services and reduced transit fare programs.

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Newsby StaffJuly 14, 2016

TfL, Cubic sign deal to license contactless ticketing system

Deal worth up to $19 million is a first for TfL and allows other cities around the world to benefit from London's contactless ticketing technology.

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Newsby StaffJuly 11, 2016

Greater Cleveland RTA unveils mobile payment app

With sustainability as one of RTA’s guiding principles, this new paperless form of payment is an additional way to optimize transit’s impact on the environment and provide a greater convenience to riders.

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Newsby StaffJuly 5, 2016

Plan for NY MTA eTix mobile ticketing app rollout accelerated

The app, which was scheduled for completion by the end of 2016, will now be available to all LIRR and Metro-North riders by the end of this summer.

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