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Board members also voted 10 to 4 to maintain PSTA’s 0.7500 capped tax rate, approving a final budget that preserves 95% of PSTA’s bus routes, as well as its mobility options that assist disabled residents.
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After enjoying a long period of ridership growth and expansions of rail and bus networks, American transit has found itself in a mess. Transit ridership fell in all but two cities in 2016, local budgets are stagnant, and riders are demanding higher quality services. While there are some domestic examples of how agencies are innovating, agencies must begin looking beyond the border.
Read More →In place for nearly two years, the student pass program has boosted ridership for the transit agency.
Read More →The Orange Line will be the highest ridership transit service ever tested for all-electric operation. The project is expected to demonstrate the durability and reliability of lithium-ion battery technology for high ridership transit lines.
Read More →Wichita Transit’s financial problems originated in late 2011, when a rate increase significantly reduced ridership. The city of Wichita has committed a little more than $1.8 million to the transit system through early 2015.
Read More →WeGo has reached an agreement with TDOT to utilize their choice lanes free of charge, with the hope that doing so will create more reliable routes, increase ridership, and decrease congestion.
Read More →A 10% increase in gas prices over several years will increase bus ridership by 3.4% while a sudden 10% spike in gas prices is associated with a 1.15% increase in bus ridership in Indiana.
Read More →Baylor University in Waco, Texas, has seen a boost in ridership since four new trolley buses were introduced into its shuttle operation in mid-January.
Read More →Ridership, in its first year of service in 1972, totaled 15,000 trips per weekday. Last month, ridership reached 384,000 trips per weekday, the busiest in BART's history.
Read More →On-demand system in Peoria County that has seen ridership grow over the last 15 months expects to be in the red by March or April 2013. MV Transportation, which operates the service, may renegotiate its contract.
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