Group 1: Best Marketing and Communications Educational Initiative
Comprehensive Campaign
Title
Mountain Line: passing of Prop 488
Entrant
Mountain Line Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 1: Best Marketing and Communications on Workforce Development
Print Media
Title
Operator Recruitment
Entrant
San Joaquin Regional Transit District Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 1: Best Marketing and Communications to Increase Ridership or Sales
Comprehensive Campaign
Title
Valley Regional Transit – Let’s Ride, BOI – Integrated Brand Awareness and Ridership Campaign
Entrant
Valley Regional Transit Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 2: Best Marketing and Communications Educational Initiative
Comprehensive Campaign
Title
Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District One Ride at a Time Comprehensive
Entrant
Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 2: Best Marketing and Communications on Workforce Development
Electronic Media
Title
Community Transit’s Video and Digital Advertising to Recruit Mechanics
Entrant
Community Transit Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 2: Best Marketing and Communications to Increase Ridership or Sales
Social Media
Title
Get on Board
Entrant
Celtis Ventures, Inc. Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 3: Best Marketing and Communications Educational Initiative
Comprehensive Campaign
Title
McKalla Station Launch
Entrant
Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 3: Best Marketing and Communications on Workforce Development
Comprehensive Campaign
Title
CapMetro Recruiting
Entrant
Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 3: Best Marketing and Communications to Increase Ridership or Sales
Comprehensive Campaign
Title
Sound Transit Light Rail Expansion Campaign to Encourage Awareness/Ridership
Entrant
Sound Transit Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 4: Best Marketing and Communications Educational Initiative
Comprehensive Campaign
Title
WMATA Better Bus Network Redesign
Entrant
Foursquare Integrated Transportation Planning Inc. Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 4: Best Marketing and Communications on Workforce Development
Comprehensive Campaign
Title
MARTA Celebrates LGBTQ Employees
Entrant
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 4: Best Marketing and Communications to Increase Ridership or Sales
Comprehensive Campaign
Title
Swift Moves: Toronto Transit Commission Comprehensive Campaign to increase Transit Ridership
Entrant
Toronto Transit Commission Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 5: Best Marketing and Communications Educational Initiative
Electronic Media
Title
Transit App Campaign to Get Voters to the Polls
Entrant
Transit app Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 5: Best Marketing and Communications to Increase Ridership or Sales
Comprehensive Campaign
Title
Celebrating the Public Transit Industry with Transit’s Riders Choice Awards
Entrant
Transit app Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 1: Best Marketing and Communications Educational Initiative
Print Media
Title
Decennial Report
Entrant
Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District (MetroLink) Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Special Event
Title
Rosa Parks Bus Wrap
Entrant
San Joaquin Regional Transit District Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 1: Best Marketing and Communications on Workforce Development
Comprehensive Campaign
Title
Core Transit Launches Operator Waitlist
Entrant
Core Transit Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Special Event
Title
Employee Appreciation Event
Entrant
San Joaquin Regional Transit District Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 1: Best Marketing and Communications to Increase Ridership or Sales
Electronic Media
Title
Rio Metro Video Seniors 60+ Ride Free on Wednesday
Entrant
Mid-Region Council of Governments Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Social Media
Title
En Route With MVTA Campaign to Increase Ridership
Entrant
Minnesota Valley Transit Authority (MVTA) Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 2: Best Marketing and Communications Educational Initiative
Electronic Media
Title
Metro is Driving Change in Hamilton County
Entrant
Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority(SORTA)/Metro Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Special Event
Title
Lane Transit District: State of the District
Entrant
Lane Transit District Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 2: Best Marketing and Communications on Workforce Development
Comprehensive Campaign
Title
Make This City Move Campaign
Entrant
Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Special Event
Title
RTA Family Fun Day Roadeo
Entrant
Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 2: Best Marketing and Communications to Increase Ridership or Sales
Comprehensive Campaign
Title
Foothill Transit Class Pass Campaign to Increase Student Ridership
Entrant
Foothill Transit Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Electronic Media
Title
Community Transit’s Rick Steves Video Series to Promote Awareness and Ridership
Entrant
Community Transit Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Title
Metro – Your Way to Go
Entrant
Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority(SORTA)/Metro Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 3: Best Marketing and Communications Educational Initiative
Electronic Media
Title
AC Transit Automated Citation Videos
Entrant
AC Transit (Alameda Contra-Costa Transit District) Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Print Media
Title
Transit Land Game
Entrant
Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 3: Best Marketing and Communications on Workforce Development
Print Media
Title
“SacRT Heroes” campaign poster
Entrant
Sacramento Regional Transit District Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Social Media
Title
AC Transit New Bus Operator Social Media Posts
Entrant
AC Transit (Alameda Contra-Costa Transit District) Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 3: Best Marketing and Communications to Increase Ridership or Sales
Electronic Media
Title
“Just Take the Train” Campaign
Entrant
Keolis Global Headquarters Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Special Event
Title
Metrolink Lunar New Year Event
Entrant
Orange County Transportation Authority Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 4: Best Marketing and Communications Educational Initiative
Social Media
Title
LA Metro Bus and Rail Service Changes, But Make it Social
Entrant
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Special Event
Title
RTC Southern Nevada Maryland Parkway BRT Groundbreaking
Entrant
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Title
WMATA Fleet of the Future Expo
Entrant
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 4: Best Marketing and Communications on Workforce Development
Electronic Media
Title
HR Testimonial TV
Entrant
Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (Houston Metro) Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Social Media
Title
LA Metro Building a Strong Workforce: Faces of the Workforce
Entrant
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 4: Best Marketing and Communications to Increase Ridership or Sales
Electronic Media
Title
LA Metro GoPass Back to School Ridership Campaign
Entrant
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Social Media
Title
Grandparents on BART Social Media Series
Entrant
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 5: Best Marketing and Communications Educational Initiative
Comprehensive Campaign
Title
JTA and UZURV Campaign – Accessibility-first Marketing: Creating an inclusive experience for JTA Connexion Plus riders
Entrant
UZURV Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 5: Best Marketing and Communications on Workforce Development
Comprehensive Campaign
Title
HNTB 5-Star Comprehensive Campaign
Entrant
HNTB Corporation Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Title
Siemens Mobility Campaign to Announce North America’s First True High-Speed Rail Production Facility
Entrant
Siemens AG | Siemens Mobility, Inc. Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 5: Best Marketing and Communications to Increase Ridership or Sales
Electronic Media
Title
San Francisco Bay Ferry Website Modernization: Boosting Ridership with Modern Tech, Accessibility, and Nostalgic Design
Entrant
Exemplifi LLC Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Special Event
Title
$50K in Sales in 90 Days: At-Seat Ordering Campaign
Entrant
Stacy Witbeck, Inc. Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 1: Best Marketing and Communications Educational Initiative
Electronic Media
Title
Rio Metro Videos-A Region In Motion
Entrant
Mid-Region Council of Governments Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 1: Best Marketing and Communications on Workforce Development
Electronic Media
Title
TARTA – Day in the Life of a Team TARTA member
Entrant
Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority (TARTA) Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Social Media
Title
Transit Driver Appreciation Day
Entrant
Central Contra Costa Transit Authority Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 1: Best Marketing and Communications to Increase Ridership or Sales
Print Media
Title
SolTrans Youth Ride Free Pilot
Entrant
Solano County Transit (SolTrans) Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Special Event
Title
“Bluffton State of Mind” Bus Wrap
Entrant
Lowcountry Regional Transportation Authority dba Palmetto Breeze Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 2: Best Marketing and Communications Educational Initiative
Print Media
Title
Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District One Ride at a Time Print Media
Entrant
Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Social Media
Title
LA28 Olympics Collaboration
Entrant
Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA) Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 2: Best Marketing and Communications on Workforce Development
Social Media
Title
Meet Metro!
Entrant
Niagara Frontier Transit Metro System, Inc. Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 2: Best Marketing and Communications to Increase Ridership or Sales
Print Media
Title
Community Transit’s Print Media to Promote New Transit Network
Entrant
Community Transit Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Special Event
Title
GoRaleigh State Fair Shuttle
Entrant
GoRaleigh Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 3: Best Marketing and Communications Educational Initiative
Social Media
Title
VTA Social Media Campaign to attract feedback on the 2025 Draft Transit Service Plan
Entrant
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Special Event
Title
Broward County Transit: Earth Month Community Enrichment Program to Educate on the Electric Bus Initiative
Entrant
Broward County Transportation Department Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 3: Best Marketing and Communications on Workforce Development
Electronic Media
Title
AC Transit Zero Emission Bus University Video
Entrant
AC Transit (Alameda Contra-Costa Transit District) Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 3: Best Marketing and Communications to Increase Ridership or Sales
Print Media
Title
VTA Trex-Mas Holiday Wrap
Entrant
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Social Media
Title
Social Media campaign: Lynnwood Link #SnoCo #1Line
Entrant
Sound Transit Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 4: Best Marketing and Communications Educational Initiative
Electronic Media
Title
RTD How to Ride video
Entrant
Regional Transportation District Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Title
Spilling the T Podcast
Entrant
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Print Media
Title
Gulfton Circulator Promotion
Entrant
Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (Houston Metro) Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 4: Best Marketing and Communications to Increase Ridership or Sales
Print Media
Title
LA Metro ‘Color Your Ride’ Summer Advertising Campaign
Entrant
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Special Event
Title
BART’s SweaterFest Event
Entrant
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 5: Best Marketing and Communications on Workforce Development
Special Event
Title
The Well-Rounded Employee Initiative: Cross-Discipline Workforce Development
Entrant
Icomera Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
Group 5: Best Marketing and Communications to Increase Ridership or Sales
Print Media
Title
Complete Coach Works: Revving Up Sales with Refurbishment Excellence
Entrant
Complete Coach Works Effectiveness Statement
Entry Materials
