Tag Archives: Ridership

Human Transit email of the week: Should ridership data be online?

Quick apology: I’m very late posting on this because Trillium has had many projects going on.  Look for more regular blog posts over the summer, however.  [End excuses.] A post from February 2010 on Human Transit by Jarrett Walker, one … Continue reading

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Balancing the budget by generating more riders through word-of-mouth

This book review and discussion of The Anatomy of Buzz appears in the latest issue of More Riders Magazine, along with the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit interview. Here are some good, simple ideas for tapping into riders as … Continue reading

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Google Transit: Some numbers from Missoula, Montana

In June of 2008, Mountain Line transit in Missoula became the first (and still only) agency in Montana to participate in Google Transit.  Recently, I reached out to find what kind of ridership increase, if any, they can attribute to … Continue reading

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Online information and its effect on ridership

The connection between easy-to-use customer information (schedules, maps, etc.) and transit ridership seems obvious.  And online tools provide a powerful way to make transit information easier to use (remember: unfamiliar transit riders find conventional maps and schedules difficult to use; … Continue reading

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Two years after: Google Transit for Humboldt County

Last Saturday, I presented at the Wheels of Change conference in Humboldt County, CA by video conference. Trillium client Humboldt County was roughly the 17th area in North America to join Google Transit. Since that time, the main transit agency, … Continue reading

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