All eyes are on the Southeastern U.S.

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Welcome to your Transit Unplugged News Minute, where we cover the biggest

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headlines in the transit industry.

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We've all been monitoring the heartbreaking news coming out of the

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Southeastern United States that has been ravaged by back to back hurricanes.

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The American Public Transportation Association has issued a statement

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saying APTA stands ready to aid our members, their employees,

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families, and communities.

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This Wednesday, the Transit Unplugged Podcast will release a special

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episode featuring Florida transit leaders to hear the latest on their

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evacuation and recovery efforts.

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Be sure to tune in.

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In Edmonton, Alberta, they're seeing a record number of riders

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using transit services, with six million trips taken in September.

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And with Halloween only two weeks away, Lebanon Transit in Pennsylvania

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is holding its first costume contest, asking for riders to take photos of

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themselves in a costume with a Lebanon Transit bus, van, or bus shelter.

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The winner gets a 31 day bus pass and swag, because it's always about the swag.

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This Transit Unplugged News Minute is being brought to you by Modaxo.

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I'm Julie Gates.