before federal aid finally came through at the end of the year.
Transit agencies got a temporary lifeline in the form of December's $900 billion coronavirus relief bill, which contained $14 billion for transit — less than half of what the industry says it needs but enough to stave off draconian cuts. Combined with the $25 billion transit got from the CARES Act last March, nearly all transit systems in the country will have received at least 75 percent of a normal year’s worth of operating expenses.
But cities will be under tremendous pressure to ensure that transit systems are ready to go when people are ready to go back to work, at the risk of slowing down the economic recovery by keeping people from getting to their jobs.
This is literally the reason everyone thinks
Mass transit is a moneypit in every major city. While it moves people, it loses money which immediately taxes the local economy or opens the door to corruption. The cycle continues....
Mandating masks on public transportation will help
Maybe get a hold of costs? Maybe stop paying out 250k in OT to unqualified line workers taking advantage? Maybe Fire half of the senior mgt who do NOTHING. LIRR sucks balls
Pro-Life Republicans BLOCKED RAISING THE STARVATION MINIMUM WAGE 14 years in a row. REPUBLICANS ARE MERCHANTS OF DEATH!! Teen, young adult and elderly homelessness is skyrocketing, as is their suicide rate.
We need mass transit more than ever, hopefully raising the Starvation Minimum Wage will help. 7,000,000 AMERICAN car loans are 90 days past due, having surpassed level of the Bush/Cheney REPUBLICAN CRASH of 2007? A warning sign of things to come
China created Covid. China knowingly allowed Covid to spread beyond its borders. China didn't warn the rest of the world. China is the only country to have maintained positive economic growth throughout the pandemic. China is responsible for over 2 million Covid deaths worldwide.
That is why Pelosi bought all those Tesla options !
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