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The agency kept the service running even as schools, businesses and some county departments shut down and ridership numbers were significantly lower than normal.
Read More →The van service, which started as a volunteer program with a personal van about 10 years ago, has transformed into a collaboration with the MetroWest Regional Transit Authority that includes two minibuses and professional drivers.
Read More →Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority is hoping to increase ridership by making changes to its uniforms, the logo displayed on its buses and names for some bus lines. The agency also plans to redesign bus routes and open a new transit center.
Read More →Problems such as increased wait times for trains due to single track use, stemming from deteriorating conditions, caused a nearly 25% drop in ridership last year for the 30-year-old system.
Read More →Since the number of SEATS bus trips has steadily increased by 10,000 rides each year for the past five years, transit officials are asking the agency’s board of directors for four replacement vehicles and two additional buses to accommodate the demand.
Read More →The agency has experienced greater cost savings, increased ridership and passengers per revenue mile, as well as a reduction in no-shows.
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Since its launch in December, the North Line has surpassed ridership projections by 62%. In January, its first full month of service, the rail line averaged 4,200 weekday boardings, 1,600 more than what is forecasted to be the average daily ridership by the end of the 2014 fiscal year.
Read More →Chicago Transit Authority gained passengers, while Metra and Pace experienced modest declines.
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Riders have taken more than 1.9 million trips on the commuter line since it opened in 2009. Ridership has climbed each year reaching more than 476,000 in 2013.
Read More →With 42 years of transit experience, including rail and bus operations, Philip Hale will leave behind record transit ridership, lower costs, a new labor agreement and a impending political battleground over the future of the agency.
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