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Newsby StaffAugust 23, 2016

Cincinnati Streetcar signs up naming rights sponsor

Cincinnati Bell will pay $340,000 per year for 10 years under the agreement.

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Newsby StaffAugust 22, 2016

Sacramento RT exploring selling naming rights to light rail stations

Board chair Jay Schenirer said last week that the agency needs to prove that it really is providing a cleaner, friendlier and safer service before major sponsors are likely to sign on.

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Newsby StaffAugust 9, 2016

Greyhound ad campaign 'tells story' about improving customer experience

The new campaign highlights the old vs. new Greyhound in a humorous and entertaining manner, while conveying the message that the company has come a long way from the Greyhound of the past.

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Newsby StaffJuly 28, 2016

MARTA, CommuterAds team for innovative advertising initiative

Every time a bus passes an advertiser’s location of choice, a 15-second audio spot plays through onboard speakers. To reinforce the audio message, a visual text message is displayed simultaneously on the same bus marquee that also provides passengers with route information.

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Newsby StaffJuly 4, 2016

Group calls on NY MTA to ban ads selling alcohol

The agency uses revenue from the ads — $7.5 million in 2014 — to fund service, said an MTA spokesman, who added that there are no fixed alcohol advertisements on transit property within 500 feet of schools, playgrounds or places of worship.

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Newsby StaffJune 13, 2016

London Mayor bans ads on public transport promoting poor body image

The backlash began last year when an ad appeared on TfL’s subway with a bikini-clad girl asking “Are You Beach Body Ready?” Mayor Sadiq Khan has pledged to ban the ads beginning next month.

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Newsby StaffMarch 29, 2016

Amid rider irritation, MBTA suspends fare payment messages

On social media, riders roundly complained about the “Pay your fare, it’s only fair” message, which played stop after stop at a higher volume than other messages played on the trolleys.

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Newsby StaffMarch 21, 2016

N.Y. MTA's re-launched public safety campaign features rider stories

The campaign, which adds a new slogan for the first time, “New Yorkers Keep New York Safe,” features MTA customers who describe the scenarios they experienced that prompted them to report suspicious packages or activities.

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Newsby StaffMarch 9, 2016

NJ TRANSIT policy could ban ads that 'disparage services'

The measure would also prohibit broad swaths of political speech from trains, buses and stations, barring ads that “promote or oppose a political party” and “express or advocate an opinion, position or viewpoint on matters of public debate about economic, political, moral, religious or social issues.”

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Newsby StaffFebruary 29, 2016

Chicago's Metra hires ad agency to help increase ridership

Pulsar’s scope of work for Metra will include a customer segmentation study, market research, branding services, development of a strategic marketing plan and assistance implementing the plan.

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