Commuter Advertising

Commuter Advertising, operating as CommuterAds, is a transit media company that pioneered time and location-based audio sponsorship messages delivered onboard buses and trains. Founded in 2008 and based in Dayton, Ohio, the company partners with public transit agencies to place GPS-triggered fifteen-second audio commercials and scrolling digital text messages on vehicles, timing each message to play as the vehicle approaches a specific stop or point of interest. It describes its platform as the world's only GPS place-based transit media, allowing advertisers to target riders by location, time of day, and demographics down to the level of individual city blocks.

CommuterAds handles campaigns end to end, including professional voice-over production with talent selection, programmatic campaign management, and reporting tools that track delivery and impressions. The company operates in partnership with transit authorities across numerous United States markets, including Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dayton, Toledo, Kansas City, Tampa, San Bernardino, Milwaukee, Des Moines, and Washington, D.C. Advertising revenue is shared with the transit agencies to help sustain service, an arrangement the company frames as mutually beneficial for riders and operators.

Its reach spans hundreds of millions of rides annually and the capacity for billions of impressions, serving more than a thousand advertisers across categories such as healthcare, clinical research, restaurants, telecommunications, government, and local brick-and-mortar businesses located along transit routes. Typical CPM rates are positioned as affordable, with discounts available for multi-market buys.