Tag: transit advertising

A Reader Comment on Yesterday’s Albuquerque Story

Yesterday’s story on the City of Albuquerque saying no to continuing their bus advertising contract with Lamar brought this reader response. How will the city replace that income? Did anyone consider leaving advertising on the back and lower thirds (below the window) of the buses to maintain some of that […]

Transit and Place Based Rebounding but not Back to Pre-covid

Four observations after reviewing the OAAA’s fourth quarter 2022 US out of home revenue figures. All sectors up. All US out of home industry sectors grew during the fourth quarter.  Place based led all sectors (up 31%), followed by transit (up 9%), billboards (up 7%) and street furniture (up 2%). […]

StreetMetrics’ Tapped to Measure Bus Advertising Nationally for Intersection

by StreetMetrics | Sep 13, 2021 | Company News Birmingham, AL (September 13, 2021) — StreetMetrics announces partnership with Intersection, a leader in the Out-of-Home (OOH) advertising industry. Through this partnership, Intersection is currently utilizing StreetMetrics measurement solutions to provide advertisers with detailed insights into their bus advertising campaigns in San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia and […]

Gateway Outdoor Awarded Contract For Advertising On Pittsburgh Transit Shelters And Street Furniture

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Gateway Outdoor Advertising is pleased to announce their recent award and partnership with The City of Pittsburgh for Transit Shelter, and Street Furniture Advertising. The partnership includes the exclusive advertising rights throughout the City of Pittsburgh for up to 20 years. (PRNewsfoto/Gateway Outdoor Advertising) As part of the new contract […]

Jean-Francois Decaux: The audience recovery is uncertain.

Jean-Francois Decaux’s comments on last seek’s JCDecaux earnings call highlighted the uncertainty as to how fast transit and airport advertising markets will recover from covid.  Here are two slides which illustrate the company’s predicament together with Jean-Francois Decaux’s comments. Many JCDecaux’s transit markets haven’t recovered. As of last week, you […]

Supreme Court Says No to Washington DC Transit Ad Religious Clash

Reuters reports that the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a religious rights dispute brought by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington DC against the Washington DC area transit authority over its policy barring advertisements in its stations and on buses and trains on divisive issues including religion. […]

Transit Ridership Up in Some Markets

Ridership is up in New York and Washington, DC. Overall, transit ridership was up nationwide nearly half a percent in the second quarter, said stats published by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). Year-to-date, transit ridership was down .62 percent. In the second quarter, heavy rail ridership increased 3.27 percent […]

Deficit Ridden Chatham Transit Forgoes Transit Ads

Scenic America has “gifted” Chatham Transit System a certificate in appreciation of a decision to give up transit advertising.  “All the little things and not so little things add up” says a Scenic representative. All the little things add up.  Maybe Scenic should “gift” the transit system the $165,000/year to […]

Regulatory Roundup – March 29, 2019

Los Angeles Times reports that Fountain Valley wants to revamp 56 aging bus shelters.  They were installed by Clear Channel Outdoor in 1996.  Great idea except that the city’s transit contracts are only 6 months long.  Any wonder that Clear Channel Outdoor does not want to spend the money?  At […]

Company of the Day: Orion Outdoor

Company: Orion Outdoor Markets: California Headquarters: PO Box 6341 Folsom, CA  95763 Phone:  800-272-3885 Orion Outdoor owns a billboard and bus shelter outdoor advertising plant in Folsom and El Dorado Counties in California and billboards the Las Vegas and Southern California.  The firm’s CEO is Beau Palley.  Palley is a 25 year veteran of the […]