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Newsby StaffDecember 12, 2019

Chicago Transit Authority to triple digital advertising network

New contract will generate up to $247.5M in revenues for agency over next five years.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 19, 2019

LV Monorail launches sustainability, climate-themed sponsor program

Stations are located along high-profile locations on the Las Vegas Strip, including the MGM Grand; and the convention center.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 14, 2016

DC Metro adds 28 new digital ad displays to increase revenue

Each digital display is expected to generate at least four times more revenue than the static ads they replace and significantly expand Metro’s digital advertising network.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 8, 2016

First Transit, CommuteStream partner for targeted ad program

First Transit is teaming up with CommuteStream to push more relevant and targeted monthly advertisements to the mobile devices of riders on public transit.

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Newsby StaffJuly 28, 2016

MARTA, CommuterAds team for innovative advertising initiative

Every time a bus passes an advertiser’s location of choice, a 15-second audio spot plays through onboard speakers. To reinforce the audio message, a visual text message is displayed simultaneously on the same bus marquee that also provides passengers with route information.

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Newsby StaffDecember 1, 2015

Transit-focused ad agency marks $1M revenue milestone for Dayton RTA

The company, Commuter Ads patented a way to send 15-second audio and digital text-scroll commercials wirelessly to bus riders.

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Newsby StaffNovember 11, 2015

D.C. Metro considers food sales, alcohol ads to raise revenue

Some Metro board members sounded less than enthusiastic about the idea, saying that selling food in stations will invite people to eat on trains and platforms, the report said.

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Newsby StaffMay 26, 2015

Antelope Valley Transit experiments with digital bus ads

Other cash-strapped California transit agencies, facing rising operating costs, are watching the potentially lucrative test run with interest, as current state law restricts digital signage on buses to route and service information.

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Transit Dispatchesby Heather RedfernSeptember 17, 2014

Selling Naming Rights Helps Transit Stay in the Game

Across the country, limited capital budgets are forcing transit agencies to find creative ways generate revenue to address their perpetually growing list of needs. Every dollar counts. Selling naming rights for properties (and routes, like Cleveland’s HealthLine) is one option for generating new income. In Philadelphia, SEPTA just announced its second station renaming — Jefferson Station, which serves SEPTA’s Regional (commuter) Rail in downtown Philadelphia.

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Newsby StaffMay 13, 2014

NJ Transit may begin selling online ads to private firms

The two-year trial program would culminate in a report examining whether the ads brought in enough money to make them worth the state’s effort.

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