News roundup: climbing again
by Martin H. Duke from Seattle Transit Blog on (#53R5R)
- Happy 50th Forward Thrust, Take 2.
- C-Tran hasn't cut anything but commuter routes; ridership fell in March but steady in April.
- A Trump tweet that doesn't make you wince.
- Metro fined for training violations."
- ST restoring some service to Pierce County May 24th.
- ECB reveals the homelessness angle to ST's new pandemic fare, and some dodgy use of statistics.
- Apparently it's Stay Healthy Streets" if they're permanent, and Keep Moving Streets" if they're not.
- Compare traffic patterns ($) in January and April.
- TriMet ridership climbing again as well.
- STA gets $23.4m from the Feds.
- When your Elementary schoolers are bored during a summer lockdown, Amtrak may have something for them to do.
- The transportation choices people make after the pandemic are not immutable; they will be the product of policy.
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