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Spare, Via, Optibus
A composite of three transit software platform marketing images. The top panel is from Optibus, showing a promotional graphic with a gradient blue-to-purple background featuring the Optibus logo and the text 'DRT Planning with Native GTFS Flex Support — Modernizing How Agencies Design & Publish Demand Response Service,' alongside a laptop displaying a color-coded zone map. The bottom-left panel is from Spare, showing a transit network map interface with the headline 'One source of truth. Every vehicle. Every route. Real time.' and a screenshot of a fixed-route bus service network map with named routes listed in a sidebar. The bottom-right panel is from Via, showing a Shift Plan Creator interface displaying two generated runcut options with metrics including total runs, average worked hours, and paid hours, alongside a predictive insight noting an expected ridership increase.
Spare, Via and Optibus have advanced their platforms for more integrated, less manual transit planning.
May 22, 2026
Umo Mobility
BC Transit is introducing contactless fare payment on fixed-route buses in participating Umo transit systems.
May 21, 2026
Bay Area Rapid Transit
Bay Area Rapid Transit has achieved its highest quarterly passenger on-time performance since early 2014.
May 19, 2026
Jen Dakas
ITP S3 Ep10 graphic.
Infrastructure Technology Podcast
May 19, 2026
May 18, 2026
May 18, 2026
Transit Tech Lab
The Transit Tech Lab has selected 18 companies to collaborate with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, NYC Department of Transportation, New Jersey Transit and the NYC Department of Design and Construction as part of the program’s eighth annual challenge cycle.
May 15, 2026
Pittsburgh Regional Transit
Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus.
May 14, 2026
ID 20553274 © Lei Xu | Dreamstime.com
A modern New Jersey Transit light-rail commuter train at the Washington Park Station on Broad Street in Newark, N.J.
May 13, 2026

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