SEPTA launches student safety app

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Welcome to your Transit Unplugged News Minute.

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Ohio's Stark Area Regional Transit Authority is going

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all in with hydrogen fuel.

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SARTA will use federal grant funds to build an electrolyzer facility that will

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make fuel for their 23 hydrogen vehicles and for private companies in the area.

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It's back to school season and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation

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Authority is implementing an enhanced safety plan for students

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who use public transportation.

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The plan includes an app, which provides riders an easy and discreet way to

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report safety concerns directly to the police in less than 20 seconds.

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This Thursday, Sedona, Arizona will launch its first on demand microtransit

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service that will help people travel around the city and deliver hikers

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to trailheads in an eco friendly way.

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And the Canadian Urban Transit Association has identified one

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of the biggest challenges facing small and medium transit services.

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The work from home movement spurred many people to move to smaller communities for

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affordable housing, but now these transit systems are figuring out how to handle

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the unexpected increase in ridership demand in these rapidly growing areas.

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

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I'm Julie Gates.