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Newsby StaffApril 23, 2018

Charlotte's new light rail extension increases rail ridership by 48%

With the opening of the extension, the LYNX Blue Line now connects one side of Charlotte to the other.

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Newsby StaffApril 19, 2018

Americans took 10.1 billion trips on public transportation in 2017

Compared to public transit ridership in 2016, there was a 2.9%  decrease in ridership as bus ridership declined by 4.3%.  

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Newsby StaffApril 19, 2018

Peer review finds Chicago's transit system ranks high in coverage, efficiency

According to the report, CTA, Pace, and Metra ranked in the top half of their peer groups for 14 of the 16 measures reviewed and in the top three for seven of those measures.

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Newsby StaffApril 9, 2018

Caltrain, Stanford U. to collaborate on business plan

Plan will identify a service model that supports long-term regional job and population growth and surging ridership demand.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 27, 2018

Mich.'s TheRide announces record ridership, survey results

Total ridership for the 2016-2017 fiscal year was 6,879,996, compared to the previous year’s ridership of 6,572,012.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 26, 2018

Greater Seattle area leads nation in transit ridership growth

Transit ridership on Sound Transit Link light rail, Metro bus service, and ST Express bus service operated by Metro fueled the growth.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 6, 2018

Sacramento RT, TransLoc team for microtransit pilot launch

The new on-demand service will be piloted for six months enhancing the existing City Ride service, a dial-a-ride service that currently provides 8,000 annual trips in Citrus Heights.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 1, 2018

Study links rising SoCal car ownership with decline in transit ridership

The six-county region added 2.1 million household vehicles between the years 2000 and 2015, a car increase that nearly quadruples the rate of the preceding decade.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 17, 2018

Netflix and terrorism blamed for London Tube ridership decline

Ridership on the London Underground has dropped for the first time in more than 20 year.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 17, 2018

UTA's free-fare day adds 29K riders

The agency said the single-day ridership on FrontRunner commuter trains was up by 66% for a total of 30,016 boardings, while ridership on the TRAX light rail was up by 32%, for a total of 79,825 boardings.

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