Tag: transit

Transit and Street Furniture Driving US Out of Home Growth in 2Q 2025

Transit and street furniture were the highest growing out of home sectors in the second quarter of 2025.  Here’s a summary of the sector performance in OAAA’s 2Q 2025 revenue report. Transit grew 9.8% in the second quarter of 2025.  If you’ve been listening to the public company earnings reports […]

Nick Brien Says Don’t Expect Much M&A from OUTFRONT in 2025

Here’s a summary of Nick Brien’s comments at the Citi 2025 Global Tech, Media and Telecom conference, analyzed and sponsored by SignValue. On his background I’ve been always in the media marketing industry, but always on the agency side. So some would say, I’m now the poacher turned gamekeeper. It’s […]

People are Driving More and Taking More Transit Trips

Good news for roadside and transit billboard plants.  People are driving more miles and taking more transit trips. More Road Miles Travelled Here are the results of the FHWA Traffic Volume Trends report for April 2025. Travel on all roads and streets increased by 1.5% for April 2025 as compared […]

Autonomous Power Has Solar Powered Digital Display

Autonomous Power has developed a solar powered digital display.  Billboard Insider talked with Kevin Conlin about the product. What’s new in solar? Our first solar powered digital display. On Earth Day we introduced a new product called SUN-PAK. Essentially, it’s a totally silent, solar replacement for a gas generator. The […]

Transit Ridership Up 6% but Still Below Pre-covid

  Transit ridership is making a slow rebound after losing riders during covid.  Here are the results of the American Public Transit Association 2Q 2024 transit ridership report. Total transit ridership increased by 6.1% during the second quarter of 2024. Total transit ridership is up 6.4% for the first half […]

Transit Ridership Up 7% in 1Q 24 but Still Below Pre-covid

US transit ridership was up 6.8% during the first quarter of 2024 according to the American Public Transportation Association First Quarter 2024 Ridership report.  This is the 12th straight quarter of ridership improvement after steep declines during covid.  The industry still has a ways to go to recover from covid. […]

OUTFRONT Awarded Metrorail and Metrobus Contract in D.C.

NEW YORK, NY, May 28, 2024 – OUTFRONT Media (NYSE:OUT), one of the largest out of home media companies in North America, has been awarded a new long-term advertising franchise agreement for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (“WMATA”). OUTFRONT has provided advertising services for WMATA since July 2014. Under […]

5 Things About OUTFRONT Media

Here are five things Billboard Insider learned from reading OUTFRONT Media’s 2023 10-k. Entertainment, Entertainment, Entertainment As Hollywood goes, so goes OUTFRONT.  The entertainment industry accounts for 20% of OUTFRONT’s total revenues.   When movie-making is curtailed by COVID or an actors strike, OUTFRONT will suffer.  When Hollywood is healthy OUTFRONT […]

Public Transit Trips Up 11% in 4Q 2023

Good news and bad news for OUTFRONT and the transit ad providers in the fourth quarter 2023 transit ridership figures.  The good news is that transit passenger trips increased by 12% in the fourth quarter of 2023 and transit trips were up 16% for the full year 2023 according to […]

Company of the Day: Houck Transit

Company:  Houck Transit Advertising Markets: United States Address: 1025 Tomlyn Avenue, Suite 100, Shoreview, MN  55126 Phone: 800-777-7290 Email: info@houckads.com Advertising operates transit advertising programs with over 40 public transit systems in the Midwest and eastern United States. The company was started in 1919 by Leo Houck and is now owned and operated by his great […]