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May 31, 2024

CCRTA Extends Shelter Expansion Program

The following press release was distributed by CCRTA on May 22, 2024 Option-year will provide more than 25 new shelters as summer heat approaches  Watch news coverage of the shelter program here (Corpus Christi, Texas) – Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority (CCRTA) has exercised a one-year option within its agreement with  …   Read More »

May 19, 2023

CCRTA Adds 300 new Tolar Bus Shelters

(click here to see article published in APTA’s Passenger Transport, 5/19/2023) As CCRTA prepares for another year of heat advisories passengers will be protected by 300 new Tolar-built bus shelters Spring is making its way into Corpus Christi, but record-setting temperatures arrived early, with February highs reaching the mid-nineties and  …   Read More »

June 14, 2017

Real-time benefits from real-time information

In the current June issue of Mass Transit Magazine, Patrick Merrick, Tolar Manufacturing Company EVP provides insights into Tolar’s best practices with real-time information at bus stops and transit shelters. He discusses Tolar Manufacturing’s new alliance with Streamline Integrated Solutions. “This strategic partnership pairs SIS’  …   Read More »

January 2, 2017

How to create a “Sense of Place” with revenue-generating transit shelters

In the current issue of Mass Transit Magazine, Patrick Merrick, Tolar Manufacturing Company EVP responded to the magazine’s Best Practices question, “How does your company form revenue-generating partnerships?” Mr. Merrick states in his response, “How can transit shelters and street furniture be provided at the majority of bus stops  …   Read More »

August 4, 2016

At Tolar Manufacturing in Corona, The Bus Stops Here

The Press-Enterprise’s Richard K. de Atley reports on Tolar Manufacturing’s custom bus shelters used all over the United States and Canada, and the company’s 25 year history in this in depth article. The journalist interviewed founder and President Gary Tolar and National Sales Manager Patrick Merrick noting that Tolar Manufacturing Company  …   Read More »

June 21, 2016

Tolar bus shelters and street furniture featured in Metro Magazine

Tolar Manufacturing Company, Inc. was proud to have our ‪bus shelters‬ and ‪‎street furniture‬ featured in May in an article by Metro Magazine. In the article Patrick Merrick, Tolar Manufacturing’s Executive Vice President, states, “Transit agencies are often incorporating the branding of their system into the design of bus shelters  …   Read More »