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The university offers free rides for students, faculty, and visitors with an average daily ridership of about 40,000.
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The agency introduced the new on-demand transit zones as a replacement for fixed routes with low ridership and long wait times.
Read More →Its success depends on a sustained downward trajectory in infections and a gradual ramp-up in service and ridership.
Read More →Financial estimates for the project in 2019 were aspirational, but the COVID-19 pandemic significantly reduced ridership and increased costs — variables that were not calculated at the time the project was proposed, according to Houston METRO officials.
Read More →The changes are taking place as a result of a landmark report, “Changing Lanes: A Gender Equity Transportation Study."
Read More →The report, “Alternative Fuels for Transit Buses: What’s the Best Option for Your Transit Agency? (Vol.1),” focuses on three alternative fuel choices — battery electric, CNG, and fuel-cell electric — and their ability to meet ridership needs as a sustainable solution for public transit.
Read More →With the common goal of increasing ridership, transit agencies and bus seating manufacturers are working together to promote a safe, clean and comfortable ride.
Read More →Like city operators, university transit systems deal with extensive funding and ridership dilemmas. Partnerships, universal access programs and student incentives are potential remedies.
Read More →Looking into cutting in half or eliminating bus service in the most populous county it serves due to falling sales tax projections and previous service reductions causing a drop in ridership. However, if approved in November, a measure to increase the sales tax may help the struggling agency.
Read More →The new technology, developed with CooCoo Inc., a Huntington, N.Y.-based transit technology company, allows customers to use a credit or debit card to purchase a Coaster train ticket from a computer, smart phone or tablet. The Coaster commuter train runs between Oceanside and San Diego seven days a week with a weekday ridership of about 5,600.
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