Tag: ridership

November 11, 2020

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority this week released a series of proposed changes to its transit service intended to match new ridership patterns that have emerged as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has resulted in a decline […]

September 15, 2020

The Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) recently unveiled its reNEW Plan, a multi-prong action plan outlining the agency’s commitments to onboard health and safety. The reNEW Plan goes beyond the standards of the 30-member Bay Area Blue Ribbon Transit […]

August 3, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has created considerable turmoil for cities, people, and the public transit systems that serve them. Although the pandemic is far from over, we are beginning to adjust to life in a COVID-19 world, and to examine the […]

June 9, 2020

New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced officials at New York City Transit surveyed mask usage and found that approximately 92% of subway riders are complying with the MTA’s requirement that all customers and employees wear a face covering on […]

May 20, 2020

Chicago’s Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) recently completed a study of potential service improvements along Metra’s North Central Service (NCS) line and the feasibility of various funding mechanisms to support those improvements. The RTA partnered with the Village of Mundelein, the […]

December 23, 2019

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) board gave final approval to a new, four-year agreement between the agency and its largest union, ATU Local 689, which represents approximately 8,000 employees, including all bus and train operators, station managers, and […]

November 19, 2019

On-time performance (OTP), otherwise known as schedule adherence, should not just be a number. Poor OTP should be a call to action. Passengers’ lives are affected when we don’t keep promises and fail to adhere to the printed timetable. They […]

November 13, 2019

Public transportation investments in large metropolitan areas reap a better return, with more passengers adopting public transport, than those in smaller cities, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Sydney. The research analyzed data collected from […]

October 23, 2019

The direct and indirect impact of public transit in Missouri this year exceeds $3.67 billion, according to the findings of a new study by Citizens for Modern Transit. The six-month study was designed to quantify the economic impact of public […]

October 14, 2019

As New York City grows in population, jobs, and tourists, so too have the challenges facing the city’s mobility network. According to NYCDOT, roadways have grown increasingly congested with for-hire vehicles, which have added 36.9 million trips a year between […]

August 14, 2019

California’s Metrolink achieved its highest annual ridership in the almost 27-year history of the agency with 11,935,356 boardings in fiscal year (FY) 2018-2019. The new record is an increase of 247,000 from the prior year and eclipses the previous record […]

July 1, 2019

NJ TRANSIT celebrated the 500th bus operator to graduate from its training program during Gov. Phil Murphy’s Administration, which began in January 2018. The graduates are part of an intensive, ongoing effort to ensure the necessary staffing is in place […]

June 17, 2019

The Los Angeles Country Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) has spent a great deal of time and money establishing a world-class transportation system that features 165 bus routes covering nearly 1,500 square miles and 93 Metro stations serving almost 100 […]

June 3, 2019

We face enormous challenges in transportation. Our infrastructure is overloaded, while traffic and congestion continue to balloon. In the U.S., transportation has become the No. 1 cause of greenhouse-gas emissions. We need to do better, and it starts with improving […]

May 14, 2019

Temperature extremes and heavy rain reduce weekday bus ridership in Lane County, Oregon, except in low-income neighborhoods where residents have few alternatives for transportation, according to a University of Oregon study. When broken down, subtleties in the findings may help […]

February 6, 2019

The Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) experienced a ridership increase of 3% in 2018 over 2017. It is the highest increase at COTA in three years. COTA’s total ridership in 2018 was 18,914,789, compared to 18,401,546 in 2017. The increase […]

December 12, 2018

The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) announced that the DC Streetcar has served three million passengers since opening in February 2016. As DC Streetcar nears the third anniversary of passenger service along the H/Benning corridor, plans to expand the 2.4 […]

August 28, 2018

More than 6.3 million people rode Sound Transit’s Link light rail trains during the second quarter of 2018, a gain of 6.2% compared to the same period last year. Overall, 23 million riders hopped aboard Sound Transit trains and buses, […]

February 22, 2017

Nearly forty-three million people rode Seattle’s Sound Transit trains and buses in 2016, a 23.1% system-wide increase over 2015. Link light rail ridership surged 65.8% with the opening of new stations serving Capitol Hill, the University of Washington, and Angle […]

October 11, 2016

With two new buses and a new “on-demand” feature on its mobile app, University of Wyoming Transit and Parking Services has enhanced its service to the thousands of UW students and employees who use the system each day. Visitors to […]