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"text": "For METRO Magazine’s Annual Consultants Roundtable, Graeme Masterton explores transit ridership recovery amid the return to the office"
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As cities, states, and provinces throughout the U.S. and Canada slowly begin to reopen, there is no doubt there will be a new normal not only in the way people commute, but in the way capital projects are planned and executed.
Graeme Masterton, transit planning lead, spoke with METRO Magazine about commuter systems being impacted, new customer patterns and the possibility of people returning to an office environment.
Read the full article in METRO Magazine.
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