August 28 - EMTA Monthly Board Meeting 4pm
 |
| At Lake Erie Cyclefest |
June 10 - Presque Isle Express service starts
June 10 - HistErie Week: Trolley History Tour and Meet & Greet with Ken SpringirthClick/tap here for Erie MPO Organization meeting schedule
Below are Email alerts for April, click/tap on image to enlarge.
Also wondering why the May 6 changes weren't announced on the sent alerts, or maybe I missed it?
Gaining Ground on the Active Erie Plan (Erin Phillips/Erie Reader)
Online event by Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority
Here are the EMTA rider alerts for March (see photos below)
Rider notifications these days are the best I've seen, kudos to the company for keeping riders informed.
There seem to be two different streams for the alerts, though I don't know. If that is so, hopefully they are integrated so there aren't any gaps.
Alerts posted are on EMTA's Facebook or twitter, website homepage, MyStop phone page. To get alerts to your email account sign up for alerts through the EMTA website.
there are two of these calendars because of an issue with publishing one of them
Apr 12 - PennDOT 12-Year Program (TYP) Public Forum "The State Transportation Commission (STC) conducts an Online Public Forum every two years as part of the Public Comment Period for the update of the 12-Year Program (TYP). The Online Public Forum is on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, from 6:30 - 8:00 PM. Join our email list to receive notifications about public meetings."Apr 24 - EMTA Monthly Board Meeting 4pm via Zoom "Attendees are required to register for the Board Meeting no later than the Thursday prior before 12:00 pm for a private link to the Zoom meeting. Attendees must email their name, email, and phone number to tcroll@ride-the-e.com for access to the meeting. Public comments can be emailed to tcroll@ride-the-e.com by the Friday prior to the meeting date. Public Comments will be recorded in the Minutes. The public is now allowed address comments during the ‘Public Comment’ section at the beginning of the meeting. We will notify the public once in person meetings are allowed."
Apr 26 Bike Safety at Millcreek Branch Library 10:00am - 11:30am " Learn what to looks for to make sure your bike is safe to ride. Ask questions about bike safety and basic maintenance. Registration required. Free to attend. Helmets are available to program participants upon request."Apr 24 - EMTA Monthly Board Meeting 4pm via Zoom "Attendees are required to register for the Board Meeting no later than the Thursday prior before 12:00 pm for a private link to the Zoom meeting. Attendees must email their name, email, and phone number to tcroll@ride-the-e.com for access to the meeting. Public comments can be emailed to tcroll@ride-the-e.com by the Friday prior to the meeting date. Public Comments will be recorded in the Minutes. The public is now allowed address comments during the ‘Public Comment’ section at the beginning of the meeting. We will notify the public once in person meetings are allowed."
Apr 26 Bike Safety at Millcreek Branch Library 10:00am - 11:30am " Learn what to looks for to make sure your bike is safe to ride. Ask questions about bike safety and basic maintenance. Registration required. Free to attend. Helmets are available to program participants upon request."
May 1 - 31 - National Bike Month
Click/tap here for Erie MPO Organization meeting schedule
Mar 9 - America Walks webinar:: Walking, Biking, and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: What You and Your Community Need to Know 02:00 PM Registration "Join the partners of the Intersections Initiative (America Walks, the League of American Bicyclists, and Safe Routes Partnership) to learn about new federal programs for walking and biking infrastructure, the upcoming opportunities you need to know about, and the initial steps you can take to prepare your community to apply for funding."
March 20 - EMTA Recruitment event 10am -2pm Northwest PA CareerLink (1647 Sassafrass St, Erie~~~~~
I have been trying out the EMTA email rider alerts that you can sign up for in MyStop.
The alerts are the same as those posted on the MyStop site, except they come to your email.
There is a text option but it was not working in the three times I signed up. I'm not sure what the problem is, but if it is available, EMTA needs to activate it, since a lot of riders would find it more useful than the emails.
I tried it out in three different email accounts. The screenshot below was from an account I signed up for January 26, 2023, and I stopped it at February 26. As far as I can I received them all, though it seemed like there was a curious gap for a couple weeks, maybe everything was running smoothly.
Delivery issues
Alerts coming to each of the three email accounts had delivery issues. Outlook and Gmail sometimes delivered the alerts to another file. Yahoo Mail is still posting every single alert at 12:00 AM. ... every single one. None of them ended up in Spam so far. Again, having the text alert option might eliminate this goofiness.
Another advantage to alerts delivered to your device
Having an alert delivered to your device gives you a record of an issue that might have caused you a problem with getting somewhere. Your employer, instructor, doctor, etc., might accept your excuse a little more readily if you show them the alert that made you late. The alerts on the MyStop page disappear as soon as they are over, but you have the alert as a record.
Click here for instructions on how to sign up for alerts
So apparently the MyStop tracking system can does actually give you email alerts.
 |
