Tag: transit

LA Request for Info for New Street Furniture Contract

Los Angeles, CA (March 4, 2020) – The City of Los Angeles released a Request for Information (RFI) formally beginning the process to identify an experienced business partner to develop a self-sustaining, world-class street furniture program. A briefing session for the Out of Home, Digital Online, Wireless and Design industries […]

Sun Pacific and InSite Street Media to Market Street Furniture in Rhode Island and New Jersey

MANALAPAN, N.J., March 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sun Pacific Holding Corp. (Other OTC: SNPW) today announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, Street Smart Outdoor Corp (“SSO”) and InSite Street Media (“ISM”) have entered into an initial one year business relationship agreement that will allow ISM to expand outdoor marketing and advertising […]

Rate This Board by Greg Callaham

Rate This Board allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This week’s rating is […]

Intersection Wins Chicago Transit Out of Home Contract

CHICAGO, IL – December 13, 2019 – Intersection, the leading smart cities media and technology company, today announced that it has been awarded a new 5-year contract, with an option for a 5-year extension, to sell static and digital advertising for the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), the second largest transit […]

Free Speech Challenge to Caltrans Political Sign Restrictions

“Political speech is one of the fundamental important hallmarks of the first amendment.  I think limiting political speech to certain timeframes is simply unacceptable.” – NorCal Outdoor Media attorney Joshua Furman Norcal Outdoor Media has filed a federal lawsuit saying that Caltrans restrictions on political ads are unconstitutional.  Norcal wants […]

LA Metro Unveils Digital Sign Art Series on A Line

With the reopening of the full A Line, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) will unveil new digital amenities, including a digital communications and advertising network and its new digital art portrait series as part of Metro’s “New Blue” rail line improvements. Customers riding the newly dubbed A […]

You Asked, We Answered: Cannabis Ads

By Ken Klein OAAA Executive Vice President, Government Affairs Following the September 18 webinar on cannabis advertising OAAA received many more questions on the topic. What about taxi tops? Yes. Taxi tops carry ads for cannabis businesses. Here are examples of cannabis ads in Las Vegas, Miami, and Los Angeles: […]

Cities Flirt with “Congestion Pricing”

A new report from the National League of Cities (NLC) touts congestion pricing as a way to reduce gridlock and generate money to pay for roads and bridges. “Congestion pricing could directly counteract an increase in vehicle use and ensure self-driving cars pay full freight for the impact they create,” […]

Four Big Trends in Transportation

(1)  Transit ridership declined 2 percent in 2018. (2)  Gas prices are down. “Since last Wednesday (May 8),” says AAA, “the national average for unleaded regular gasoline has fallen two cents to $2.86. However, with summer on the horizon, pump prices will likely rebound during the run-up to Memorial Day.” […]

Lamar Expands Denver Transit Ad Displays

Denver, CO – May 7, 2019 – With the recent grand opening of the G-Line commuter rail in Denver, Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), one of the largest out of home (OOH) media companies in the world, is pleased to debut a range of new outdoor advertising opportunities for local […]