Lead Marvels Partners With APTA to Launch New Knowledge Hub for Members
As the American Public Transportation Association sought new ways to support its embattled public transit members during the COVID-19 crisis, it turned to Lead Marvels for help.
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FISHKILL, N.Y., June 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ When the COVID-19 pandemic was at its height, public transit never stopped. While services in some cities may have been curtailed to reflect a nation in lockdown, public transit and, notably, the people who make it run, kept going. Across the country, public transit shuttled medical and essential workers where they were most needed, and people commuting to the grocery store, medical appointments, or to take care of family members and friends, relying on public transit.
Shutterstock One of the largest transit organizations in the nation is exploring the elimination of fares for students and the economically disadvantaged.
Thanks to a unanimous vote, L.A. Metro will move forward with developing a plan to devise a “fareless initiative” that would make transit free for K-12 and college students, as well as low-income riders.
“This is the biggest equity thing we can do. This is what it’s all about,” said Mike Bonin, a member of the Metro Board of Directors and the Los Angeles City Council, during the May 27 board meeting.
Metro findings show that 70 percent of riders are considered low income, meaning they earn less than $35,000 a year.
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“APTA believes that the transportation investments of today will be the foundation of a forward-looking strategy to establish safe, reliable, efficient, integrated, and climate-friendly alternatives for moving people. America has an opportunity to build a high-performance rail network to position us to overcome our economic challenges and compete in the global marketplace in the coming years.
Passenger rail is an underutilized mode, and ripe to connect with national and local transportation networks and rural areas with high-performance corridor services. These services will relieve congestion on highways and airspace and provide efficient, accessible, equitable, and environmental-friendly mobility options. New and reinvigorated rail corridors will have multiple users and would connect seamlessly with Amtrak and local and region
The pandemic disrupted mass transit everywhere. Few places were hit worse than the Bay Area
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Bay Area mass transit saw less ridership and service during the pandemic than other parts of the nation. And the recovery to pre-pandemic levels is slower here than elsewhere, according to Chronicle analysis.Nick Otto/Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
The pandemic brought a world of pain to the nation’s public transit systems. Ridership plunged across the board. Services were slashed. Even as California and the nation aim to fully reopen this summer, U.S. cities with the largest transit systems predict it will take years to return to pre-pandemic ridership numbers.
Taking the LA Metro for his first trip in months, Brad Hudson felt a moment of normalcy when the train rolled into the South Pasadena. More on Boston.com.