KILGORE \u2013 The East Texas Council of Governments (ETCOG) took home a first place \u201cHit the Spot\u201d award for its Regional Mobility Guide at this month\u2019s South West Transit Association (SWTA) Spotlight Awards. ETCOG, whose GoBus delivers rural transportation services among 14 East Texas counties, also received a second place award for its Basic Training brochure.<\/p>\n
According to a news release, ETCOG\u2019s Regional Mobility Guide provides comprehensive information about all forms of transportation available in the 14-county area, including public transportation, taxi, inter-city bus, and rail. Officials say the Guide was developed to enhance awareness of the mobility options available to East Texas residents. The Basic Training brochure was developed as a travel guide in support of the EasTexConnects event promoting access to the Dallas\/Fort Worth Metroplex for East Texas veterans. ETCOG officials say the brochure, featuring a map and other travel information, is a helpful tool for anyone accessing healthcare or recreational locations in the Dallas area. <\/p>\n
\u201cETCOG and EasTexConnects are committed to providing outstanding informational resources to our East Texas community,\u201d noted ETCOG Director of Transportation John Hedrick. \u201cIt\u2019s wonderful when going the extra mile with innovation and design gets recognized by organizations such as SWTA.\u201d Both pieces were designed by Moore & Associates, Inc., a California-based consulting firm specializing in public transportation marketing and planning.<\/p>\n
According to the ETCOG news release, SWTA\u2019s Spotlight marketing awards focus on outstanding work for total transit marketing campaigns. \u201cHit the Spot\u201d awards feature stand-alone marketing pieces in the categories of print, electronic, social media, and event promotion. SWTA\u2019s membership is made up of transit organizations from eight southwestern states, including Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KILGORE \u2013 The East Texas Council of Governments (ETCOG) took home a first place \u201cHit the Spot\u201d award for its Regional Mobility Guide at this month\u2019s South West Transit Association (SWTA) Spotlight Awards. ETCOG, whose GoBus delivers rural transportation services among 14 East Texas counties, also received a second place award for its Basic Training … Continue reading ETCOG Wins Marketing Awards for Transportation Publications<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-215712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-03 21:50:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=215712"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215990,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215712\/revisions\/215990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=215712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=215712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=215712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}