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Mass Transit & MaaS

Transit worker deaths highlight pandemic danger 
April 14, 2020
Keeping public transport services going during the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in a startling death toll among essential workers such as train and bus drivers.
Jarrett Walker: Public transport is 'helping civilisation avoid collapse’
April 13, 2020
The sacrifices made by transit workers during the coronavirus pandemic are proof that ridership alone is not a good enough measure of public transport’s value to society.
US Homeland Security designates for-hire sector 'critical infrastructure'
April 9, 2020
Industry added to crucial list after letter from the Transportation Alliance.
UITP: Continuity of passenger transit ‘crucial’
April 8, 2020
UITP says that passenger transport must not be interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, to ensure that "the health crisis does not turn into a social one".
Cubic: ‘Let your customers know you’re thinking of them’ 
April 8, 2020
As the ITS industry worldwide comes to terms with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, companies are finding positive ways to respond.
Detroit offers $2 fare to get to Covid-19 test site
April 6, 2020
Residents of Detroit who do not own a car are being offered a $2 fare to get to a Covid-19 testing site at Michigan State Fairgrounds.
Moovit: global public transit use down ‘up to 90%’
April 3, 2020
Public transit usage round the world has fallen off a cliff since coronavirus pandemic lockdown measures took hold, according to new research.
Coronavirus fuels global cycling upsurge
March 27, 2020
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic may be sending the world's transit systems into disarray, but a global surge in cycling may just provide a much-needed silver lining.
ViaVan and BVG offer health workers free ride-share
March 27, 2020
ViaVan and German public transport provider Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) have turned their ride-share service over to health workers, free of charge, for nearly four weeks.
Tech giants could herald loss of MaaS policy control
March 25, 2020
With tech giants targeting the transport sector, could local authorities lose control of their means of delivering policy?