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Op-Ed: When Self-Quarantine Is a Privilege

Poor New Yorkers can't work from home to protect themselves from COVID-19. The city will be judged by how it responds to the most needy.

Ydanis Rodriguez

April 15, 2020

Op-Ed: When Self-Quarantine Is a Privilege

Streetsblog NYC |Best Practices

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.

Darwin Keung

April 14, 2020

Coronavirus

Federal Corona Bill Seems Generous To Transit. It’s Not.

New crisis, same old mistakes.

Kea Wilson

April 8, 2020

Streetsblog San Francisco |GJEL

How Much Can We Really Cut Service During COVID-19?

Starting Wed., only 17 of Muni's 83 rail and bus lines will be running

Roger Rudick

April 6, 2020

Streetsblog Massachusetts |MBTA

Feds Send $1B to Mass. Transit Agencies

Massachusetts transit agencies will get just over $1 billion in emergency funding to help sustain service through the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The funding comes from a $25 billion line-item for transit assistance in the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act,” the bill that quickly moved through Congress […]

Christian MilNeil

April 2, 2020

Streetsblog San Francisco |Muni

Muni to Shut Down All Trains on March 30

Muni to stop running trains on Monday, but bus service will continue

Roger Rudick

March 26, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |MTA

Experts: Senate Bill’s $25B for Transit Won’t Be Enough

Yet Congress must do much more to stave off long-term damage, officials and advocates say.

Eve Kessler

March 25, 2020

Coronavirus

Op-Ed: We Need Handwashing Facilities At Every Public Transit Station in America

Public restrooms at transit stops aren't just a COVID-19 issue. They're a transit access issue, a religious rights issue, and a human rights issue.

Kea Wilson

March 24, 2020

Streetsblog Massachusetts |COVID-19

Congress Urged to Save Transit During Crisis

A $1 trillion draft economic stabilization plan from the U.S. Senate provides no financial assistance for the nation’s transit agencies, which have been bleeding red ink as the COVID-19 pandemic slashes fare collections and revenues from state sales and payroll taxes. Large transit agencies, whose budgets are generally more reliant on fare revenue, have taken […]

Christian MilNeil

March 20, 2020

Streetsblog Massachusetts |COVID-19

Crisis Stretches Small Transit Providers Thinner

The coronavirus outbreak is a disaster for big systems — but it might be even worse for the little guys.

Christian MilNeil

March 19, 2020

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