METRO Magazine Logo
MenuMENU
SearchSEARCH
Enter keywords to search across all content
Newsby StaffNovember 26, 2018

Tolar awarded Sunline Transit shelter, street furniture contract

Many of the 29 shelters in this phase also include revenue-generating advertising display kiosks.

Read More →
Newsby StaffNovember 12, 2018

Tolar lands five-year bus shelter contract with IndyGo

The majority of the bus shelters will be five-foot-by-10-foot in size and modeled after Tolar Manufacturing’s popular Signature Sunset line.

Read More →
Newsby StaffJuly 27, 2018

Tolar Manufacturing Co. earns Nevada Approved Fabricator certification

Earning this annual certification since 2013 affirms Tolar’s commitment to its clients by providing the highest quality, most durable, and distinctive products.

Read More →
Ad Loading...
From the Editor'sby Janna StarcicJuly 2, 2018

Lest we forget, we are all human beings

As you may know, I like to use this column to draw attention to transportation-related issues that are important to me, such as climate change, accessibility, and innovation.

Read More →
Newsby StaffDecember 14, 2017

San Antonio's VIA celebrates 1,000th bus stop improvement

In keeping with VIA’s ongoing commitment to support local, small, and minority-owned businesses, nearly all of the contracts awarded for VIA’s Passenger Amenities Program went to locally-owned businesses and/or certified DBEs/SBEs.

Read More →
Newsby StaffOctober 10, 2017

Tolar Manufacturing introducing SmartPlace solution

With over 25 years in business, Tolar arguably has the largest portfolio of transit shelters and related street furniture in North America.

Read More →
Ad Loading...
Newsby StaffAugust 10, 2017

Tolar Manufacturing Co. delivers bus shelters, rapid transit station for Calif. city

State-of-the-art amenities include real-time information in oversized LED digital displays, closed-circuit 24/7 security cameras, enhanced security lighting, and light poles equipped with LED next bus arrival readers.

Read More →
NewsJuly 7, 2017

Profile: Christine Viña, Project Manager for Urban Design, VIA Metropolitan Transit

She is an ambassador for VIA and San Antonio, where she moved twenty years ago from Washington, D.C. to become executive director of the Southtown Urban Main Street Project. She started working for VIA almost nine years ago, when she accepted the position in project management and urban design.

Read More →
Newsby StaffNovember 18, 2016

Calif. city installs 56 new Tolar Manufacturing Co. bus shelters

The City of Lynwood's custom shelters will feature a variation on Tolar’s Signature Sunset Series line and include curved sunroofs, custom branded steel strap bus benches, and trash receptacles.

Read More →
Ad Loading...
Newsby StaffOctober 20, 2016

SORTA to sell advertising to pay for bus benches

In a separate ordinance, the city agreed to stop removing currently illegal benches at some stops unless they are unsafe.

Read More →