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Tolar Manufacturing’s new white paper makes the case for rethinking how transit agencies decide where shelters go, and who gets left waiting in the heat.  Across North America, most bus stops do not have shelters. According to a 2022 Washington Post analysis, only 20% of stops served by 16 of the nation’s largest  …   Read more about: Is Your Bus Stop Working for the Riders Who Need It Most? »

Tolar Manufacturing Company, North America’s leader in transit shelter and street furniture design, has completed the delivery of new transit shelters and benches for the Ark-Tex Council of Governments (ATCOG), supporting public transportation infrastructure in Texarkana and Paris, Texas. The project was completed under a five-year contract awarded  …   Read more about: Tolar Manufacturing Expands Transit Infrastructure in Northeast Texas Through New ATCOG Partnership   »

Contract includes manufacture and install of 14 ten-foot shelters in Houston, Texas Tolar Manufacturing Company, North America’s leader in the design and fabrication of award-winning transit shelters, has entered into an agreement with Greater Southeast Management District to manufacture, deliver, and install 14 new 10-ft Sunset “Mini” bus  …   Read more about: Sunset “Mini” Shelters offer a unique solution to limited site accessibility »

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 about: CCRTA Extends Shelter Expansion Program »

Tolar Manufacturing Company awarded multi-year contract to upgrade bus stops with new bus shelters and passenger amenities for Trinity Metro in Fort Worth, Texas Tolar Manufacturing Company, North America’s leader in the design and fabrication of award-winning transit shelters, has been awarded a three-year contract by Trinity Metro in Fort  …   Read more about: Fort Worth Awards Multi-Year Shelter Deal »

Tolar Manufacturing Company begins delivering bus shelters to CapMetro in Austin, Texas in fulfillment of $8M multi-year agreement Tolar Manufacturing Company, North America’s leader in the design and fabrication of award-winning transit shelters, has begun delivering 149 bus shelters in the first year of a five-year contract with Capital  …   Read more about: 149 Bus shelters delivered to Austin, Texas »

(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 about: CCRTA Adds 300 new Tolar Bus Shelters »

Contract begins with one-year base period, includes four option years. Tolar Manufacturing Company, North America’s leader in the design and fabrication of award-winning transit shelters, has been awarded a multi-year contract to design, fabricate, and deliver bus stop shelters for use by riders of Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority  …   Read more about: Tolar Manufacturing Company awarded multi-year, $8M contract by CapMetro in Austin, Texas »

     Tolar Manufacturing Company, through installation contractor Muniz Concrete and Contracting, was recently awarded a competitive procurement to supply 125 transit shelters to Capital Metro in Austin, TX. The shelters, based on Tolar Manufacturing’s Signature series, are in support of Capital Metro’s Coordinated Bus Stop Street Furniture Program.  …   Read more about: Tolar Manufacturing Company to build 125 bus shelters to be installed in Austin, Texas »