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- The pandemic has thrown the nation's bus and subway systems into a death spiral. Ridership is down, so there is less fare revenue. We're talking millions of dollars in operating losses.
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Aug 13, 2020 · Nearly five months into pandemic lockdown in the United States, people are walking and driving more but using public transportation nearly half as much as they were in January, according to data from Apple.
Jul 20, 2020 · However, American public transit infrastructure is crumbling and struggling to modernize. A comparison between public transportation networks construction costs in US megacities and their international counterparts raises concerns about how we spend our money.
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Oct 13, 2020 · According to data from the National Transit Database, monthly transit ridership hit a low of 156.6 million rides in April 2020 — that’s 81.3% lower than the 835.2 million rides taken in April 2019.
Sep 3, 2020 · The agency is losing $200m a week because fare revenues, tolls and subsidies are all down, while the MTA is shouldering new pandemic-related expenses (mostly shutting down the normally 24-hour...
Dec 29, 2020 · Public transit agencies in the U.S. are struggling with lower ridership and revenues during the pandemic. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with transit experts about whether subway and bus...
Dec 21, 2020 · December 21, 2020. When public-transportation agencies across the country saw a once-in-a-century drop in passengers as the coronavirus swept the nation, longtime transit doomsayers saw an...
Mar 27, 2023 · Few parts of the American economy were upended by Covid as much as public transportation. Ridership nationwide plummeted around 80 percent in March 2020, shrinking farebox revenues as it fell.
