Elora Haynes
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 22
- Latest publication
- Sep 30, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Metro Magazine
- Top 5M sites
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 6, 2026
Latest articles
What’s Behind San Diego MTS’s Award-Winning Transit Strategy (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Named one of APTA’s 2026 Outstanding Public Transportation Systems with 50 million or more annual passenger trips, California’s San Diego Metropolitan Transit System points to gains in ridership, safety, technology, and reliability as foundations of its success. For the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS), earning national recognition from the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) follows several years of efforts to improve multiple parts of the transit experience at once. MT
Safe Transit Act Proposes New Security Requirements for Federal Transit Funding (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Proposed legislation would link federal transit dollars to safety measures while requiring security investments, onboard cameras, and new fare collection standards. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy voiced support for legislation introduced by Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) that would establish new safety and security requirements tied to federal transit funding. The Safe Transit Act would give the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) additional authority to withhold federal fundi
What Multimodal Data Can Tell Transit Agencies About Rider Demand (opens the original)
Read excerpt
See how bike-on-bus data is giving transit agencies new insight into rider demand, capacity constraints, and gaps in first- and last-mile connections. Every hour, on average, more than 1,000 North American transit riders board a bus with a bicycle. Over a year, that adds up to an estimated 9.1 million bike-on-bus trips. Yet many transit agencies still have a limited view of those trips. For example, where they happen, when demand peaks, and how often bike racks reach capacity. A new white paper
Ohio’s METRO RTA Turns Electric Buses into Mobile Power Sources at PorchROKR (opens the original)
Read excerpt
See how three Gillig battery-electric buses powered festival stages while the agency’s new Park & Ride service carried approximately 1,000 attendees, demonstrating another potential use for transit agencies’ electric fleets. METRO Regional Transit Authority (RTA) put its battery-electric buses to work beyond passenger transportation during Akron, Ohio’s 2026 PorchROKR Music Festival, using three Gillig buses to power stages while also providing transportation and other amenities for festivalgoer
The High Cost of Transit Buses: Industry Leaders Look to Procurement Reform (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Transit leaders and policymakers examine how standardized bus designs, streamlined procurement, and predictable funding could help agencies stretch budgets and deliver better service. As transit agencies across the country grapple with rising capital costs and aging fleets, industry leaders are pointing to procurement reform as one of the biggest opportunities to stretch limited budgets. Additional funding by itself, if an option at all, isn’t going to cut it anymore. That was the central messag
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
Top 5M sites
For Metro Magazine, the outlet · Measured Aug 1, 2026
Website popularity band, not a count of readers or article views.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.