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Modeled after a European program, a pilot project in Portland, Ore., has shown great promise. The key to success has been providing potential riders with specific information on how they can use the transit system.
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Amtrak's ridership topped the previous record of the 23.5 million passengers set in 2001 and was 2.7% better than last year's result of 23.4 million.
Read More →The endorsement is based on the system's capacity for moving more than 16,000 people per hour and its projected daily ridership of 42,500 by 2020.
Read More →Ridership was 40% higher than projected after a recent light rail expansion in Denver.
Read More →A total of 1.53 billion transit trips were taken across Canada last year, representing a 4% increase over 2001 and a 3% increase over 2000.
Read More →Palm Tran (Fla.) fixed routes recorded more than 3.5 million passenger boardings for a six-month period, an increase of 13.27% from the same period in FY 2002.
Read More →From nearly 200,000 people who rode the train daily after its opening, the numbers have dwindled to a daily average of 40,000 to 50,000 people.
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Faced with service cuts and a lack of choice riders, transit agencies across North America are doing their best to boost ridership numbers.
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To expand customer service and ridership, transit properties are investing in high-tech methods of providing passengers with real-time information via displays, annunciator systems, the Internet and e-mail.
Read More →In its State of the Industry report, the ABA said there will be some incremental growth in 2003 as people begin to increase travel frequency.
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