This episode features Chris Pangilinan, Head of Global Policy for Public Transportation at Uber. After working in transit for several years, as well as serving as a Program Director at the Transit Center, Chris joined Uber, in part, to help facilitate partnerships with transit agencies. Today, Chris discusses Uber's first Software-as-a-Service partnership with Marin Transit, how public transit agencies are adapting quicker then ever to increase the options they provide in the communities they serve, and how COVID-19 will impact future mobility models.

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This episode features Marco D'Angelo, President and CEO of the Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA). Joining METRO's Managing Editor Alex Roman, D'Angelo discusses the impact of COVID-19 on Canadian transit, how some provinces are beginning to dial services back up to full schedules, and the ongoing fight to get federal funding to help offset operational losses due to the pandemic.

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This episode features John Andoh, Executive Director and CEO of South Carolina's The COMET mass transportation system.  Joining METRO's Managing Editor Alex Roman, Andoh discusses how The COMET and its workforce are dealing with COVID-19, what it's like to be a manager of a public transportation agency at this time, and what the agency is doing to plan for its new post-pandemic reality.

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This episode features Paul Comfort, VP, business development at Trapeze, and host of the Transit Unplugged podcast. Joining METRO's Managing Editor Alex Roman, Comfort discusses the present and future of public transportation amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, his perspectives on what it's like to unpack an action plan, and his new book "The Future of Public Transportation." 

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METROspectives has a conversation with the American Bus Association (ABA) President/CEO Peter Pantuso, who discusses the impact COVID-19 has had on the motorcoach industry and why he believes Congress must act to help support an industry that is mostly made up small, mostly family-run businesses.

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Community Transportation of America (CTAA) Director, Scott Bogren, joins METRO managing editor, Alex Roman, to have a conversation centered around how the CTAA and its membership is dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, how surface transportation reauthorization may play out, and how new mobility models differ in smaller cities versus larger metro regions.

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