Transit agencies are watching their profits shrivel during the pandemic while trying to redesign for essential workers
are beginning to resume normal transit schedules with heavy disinfecting protocols, attempts at social distancing andPassenger numbers won‘t recover until the economy does, with commuting making up 37 percent of all transit tripsEven in good times, not a single U.S. transit agency is financially self-sustaining from fares alone.
James Moore, a transportation engineering professor at the University of Southern California, said it was a mistake for transit systems to focus for years on downtown rail connectors and sleek streetcars at the expense of their bus systems, which are much cheaper to optimize for transit-dependent riders.
Moore has organized his own life around being able to get to work without driving, living three miles from campus, right above a rail station. But right now, there’s no traffic on the roads and the university — where he still commutes to teach distance learning classes — has stopped charging for parking.
For now, agencies aren’t trying to get so-called “choice riders” like Moore — those with other transportation options — back on their buses and trains. Social distancing on transit will only get harder as more businesses reopen and people go back to work, meaning those with other options will still be encouraged to use them for the time being.
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