Episode 48
Get ready for a busy Labor Day Weekend
Welcome to September and your Transit Unplugged News Minute, where we cover the biggest headlines in the transit industry.
Most transit systems will be operating on a holiday schedule today due to Labor Day in the United States and Canada. The U.S. Transportation Security Administration expects this will be the busiest Labor Day travel period on record. Source: TSA
Congratulations to Los Angeles Metro. For the 20th straight month, they have seen year-over-year ridership growth, delivering over 25M boardings in July. Source: LA Metro
To reduce fare evasion and improve safety, Vancouver’s TransLink is increasing fare enforcement patrols on the system. They expect to recover $5M in lost revenue by getting riders to pay their fares. Source: TransLink
This week, the Toronto Transit Commission is increasing bus, subway, and streetcar service to meet increasing ridership demands. The bus network will have more service hours than were in place before the pandemic. Source: TTC
And the U.S. Federal Transit Administration is hosting a webinar on Thursday to cover the updates to the Public Transportation Safety Certification Training Program. Source: FTA
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Transcript
Hey, welcome to September and your Transit Unplugged News Minute, where we cover the
Speaker:biggest headlines in the transit industry.
Speaker:Most transit systems will be operating on a holiday schedule today due to Labor
Speaker:Day in the United States and Canada.
Speaker:The U.S.
Speaker:Transportation Security Administration expects this will be the busiest
Speaker:Labor Day travel period on record.
Speaker:Congratulations to Los Angeles Metro.
Speaker:For the 20th straight month, they've seen year over year
Speaker:ridership growth, delivering over 25 million boardings in July.
Speaker:To reduce fare evasion and improve safety, Vancouver's TransLink is increasing
Speaker:fare enforcement patrols on the system.
Speaker:They expect to recover $5 million in lost revenue by getting
Speaker:riders to pay their fares.
Speaker:This week, the Toronto Transit Commission is increasing bus,
Speaker:subway, and streetcar service to meet increasing ridership demands.
Speaker:The bus network will have more service hours than were
Speaker:in place before the pandemic.
Speaker:And the U.
Speaker:S.
Speaker:Federal Transit Administration is hosting a webinar on Thursday.
Speaker:They'll be covering the updates to the Public Transportation Safety
Speaker:Certification Training Program.
Speaker:This Transit Unplugged News Minute is being brought to you by Modaxo.
Speaker:I'm Julie Gates.
