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Newsby News/Media ReleaseDecember 6, 2022

Chicago's RTA Releases Draft Strategic Plan

The draft is open for public comment through Jan. 9, and the RTA Board of Directors will vote on adoption during their Feb. 16 meeting.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseNovember 11, 2022

L.A. Metro, Partners Break Ground on Affordable Housing Project

The joint development project, scheduled for completion in 2024, is Metro’s latest effort to add critically needed affordable housing to the L.A. region and provide new opportunities for Metro customers to live adjacent to transit in their own communities.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseNovember 1, 2022

Clipper® BayPass Debuts for San Mateo, California Residents

The free passes will assist socio-economic disadvantaged communities and students.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseSeptember 14, 2022

ATA Bus Chooses Optibus to Increase Transit Equity

ATA Bus plans, manages, and operates fixed route and demand response service within Manhattan, Kansas.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJuly 26, 2022

Michigan's TheRide Adopts Long-Range Transit Plan

The plan focuses on improving social equity by increasing access to jobs and housing, reducing commute times, and increasing service frequency and overnight service, while also contributing to a cleaner environment and a more vibrant economy.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJuly 26, 2022

New York MTA Moving Forward with Capital Projects to Improve Transit Equity

In a presentation to the MTA Board’s Capital Program Committee, MTA Construction & Development President Jamie Torres-Springer put forward a proposed capital program amendment that allows the MTA to move projects along at a faster pace, offers support for megaproject expansions, and more.

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Our DEI Evolution: Understanding Who We Want to Be – It’s a Journey

Understanding who you want to be as a company or even as a person is a key element of the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) evolution. Every path is unique. Every path is part of a bigger journey.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJune 9, 2022

HDR Sponsors Economics of Equity Research

The aim of this work is to help public agencies better understand a project’s value from an equity perspective.

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Leveraging AI/ML to Improve Public Transit Equity, Access, and Operational Efficiencies

Public transit has struggled to retain passengers in North America for many years, while in Europe it has proven to be a fundamental public good. This divergence in the role of public shared mobility versus private individualized mobility has reached a tipping point during the COVID pandemic.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMay 26, 2022

FTA Announces $13 Million Funding for Transit Planning That Addresses Climate Change, Equity

The existing Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development Planning supports site-specific planning projects that improve economic development and ridership.

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