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MTC Votes on Federal Relief Allocation: No Set Aside for Worker, Rider Protections
Advocates had asked the commission to set aside five percent of the money to provide COVID-19 protective equipment and sanitation for transit workers and riders. The commissioners demurred, saying they didn't want to micromanage the transit agencies.
April 22, 2020
Pandemic Underscores Difficulties Accessing Transportation for People with Disabilities
Everyone still needs to access essentials, whether it is groceries or medical care. Some people with disabilities are having an especially hard time figuring out how to do so safely.
April 21, 2020
SGV Connect 63: SCAG Closes in on Final Passage of Connect SoCal and COVID19 Ravages Local Transit
This week's SGV Connect focuses on how the Coronavirus is impacting planning and transit throughout not just San Gabriel Valley, but all of Southern California.
April 20, 2020
Tumlin Talks Post-COVID Muni
Everything has changed with the pandemic. But with crisis comes opportunity
April 17, 2020
Op-Ed: Protecting Transit Workers During — and After — the COVID Crisis
The virus has exposed widespread failures in how we protect our essential workforce. Here's the actions agencies must take now and after the pandemic subsides.
April 14, 2020
SF Transit Director Boldly Plans for the Urban Future
SFMTA Director Jeffrey Tumlin used to have a running joke that if you really want to solve traffic congestion, you just have to destroy the Bay Area economy. Well here we are.
April 10, 2020
S.F. Muni Cuts Transit Service to Core Routes
Starting Wed., only 17 of Muni's 83 rail and bus lines will be running
April 7, 2020
Beverly Hills Approves Accelerating Subway Construction, Wilshire Boulevard to Close
Not an April Fools headline: Beverly Hills is supporting Metro subway construction - three blocks of Wilshire will be closed for 1-3 months starting tomorrow
April 2, 2020
Interview: VTA Chair Cindy Chavez on the Agency’s Response to COVID-19
"All these decisions we have to make…they’re tradeoffs," Chavez laments. "There’s no better way to say it."
April 1, 2020
Experts: Senate Bill’s $25B for Transit Won’t Be Enough
Congress must do much more to stave off long-term damage, officials and advocates say.
March 25, 2020
