Reported by Dan Zukowski for the Smart Cities Five
Two main viewpoints on the role of public transit in the U.S. emerged during the hearing, which focused on declines and changing patterns in ridership and the resulting decrease in revenue caused by the pandemic.
Greg Regan, president of the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department, disagreed, saying that even the worst-performing bus routes are more cost-effective than microtransit. “These services have proven more expensive on a per-passenger basis compared to traditional fixed-route bus services,” he said.
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