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In September, the agency was one of the inaugural winners of METRO Magazine’s Innovative Solutions Awards at BusCon 2015 for its real-time bus and rail tracking initiative. METRO recently spoke to Watson about that project, as well as the first five years of her tenure and the industry’s opportunity to grow its profile in communities across the nation, including in Austin.
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Identifies the systemic challenges of developing and financing equitable TOD projects and offers concrete national and regional capital and policy ideas to grow the sector.
Read More →The policy clarifies and standardizes Metro’s practices for protecting the urban tree canopy throughout its construction program.
Read More →Transit agencies should strive to grow all-purpose riders, who take transit regularly for multiple purposes, as they are the most reliable and financially efficient customers to serve.
Read More →The Züm service will be completely integrated into Brampton's existing transit system. Passengers will be able to ride the buses at no extra cost and transfer quickly and easily between lines.
Read More →The $54 billion ballot measure would add 62 miles of light rail with stations that would serve 37 new areas and grow the system to 116 miles.
Read More →Ridership growth is attributed to service improvements, better marketing and rising fuel prices.
Read More →One of those strategies is transitioning the 85-bus Dial-a-Ride fleet from diesel fuel to propane.
Read More →Development of travel training programs to offset some demand continues growth, while taxi usage is steady.
Read More →The notion of agencies being over- or underfunded, I argued, doesn’t hold up. If an agency wants to turn up the heat — to grow beyond the status quo — it must demonstrate measurable value.
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