NEWS AND EVENTS CENTER

On August 31, Cedar County Transit and the Nebraska Department of Transportation Mobility Management team were notified their proposal for the Community Rides Grant Program had been accepted and their request fully funded. Cedar County was one of 19 projects selected out of a national pool of 76 applications.

On September 8, Norfolk’s elected officials, community leaders, and transit employees gathered to celebrate the future of public transit in their city. In 2022 Norfolk will begin a flexroute system and to celebrate this new transit service the city revealed a new name: North Fork Area Transit.

Welcome to the inaugural edition of the reimagined Mobility Matters newsletter. Every quarterly issue will include updates about upcoming activities, ongoing projects, federal regulations, driver wellness, training, agency/driver spotlights, etc.

As I write this, I can’t believe it is already almost July and currently 107 degrees outside. I hope all of you are enjoying summer activities and your transit agencies are getting back to a post-COVID normal. This will be my farewell message since you will have a new President when the next newsletter comes out.

While many states and businesses are lifting mask mandates across the country, the Transportation Security Administration has extended the face mask requirement for all transportation networks, including public transportation, through September 13, 2021.

Due to a variety of factors including a drought in Taiwan, production halts due to COVID-19, and increased demand for home office electronics, the world is facing a global shortage of semiconductor chips used to manufacture high-tech devices like smart phones and automobiles.

Another successful Nebraska Public Transit Week for the books! NPTW 2021 was held April 11-17. This year looked a little different due to COVID-19, but we were still able to meet both goals set this year.

July is vehicle theft prevention month, so it is important to protect your transit vehicle and not make it a target for theft. Over 720,000 drivers are victims of vehicle theft each year.