Great work by councilmember Lee to shift the narrative and take balanced action. When it comes to the transit conversation, it’s important to differentiate between fare-free transit and safety at transit stops, even though some might hypothesize that one feeds into the other. She is wise to make that distinction and create policy to make transit safer now that fare-free transit appears to be here for good.
It isn’t clear to me fare-free transit is safe for another year. It is definitely on some Councilmember’s list if they need to cut something. (And this year seems like a year where budgets are cut mid-year.)
Is that so? I assumed that the the RTA and prospective Prop 414 2.0 funding would make fare-free transit a permanent thing (or as permanent as a funded municipal service can be these days). That said, still wouldn’t be surprised if it went away. I suspect they’ll really have to prepare riders again and do solid canvassing of bus stops if they’re to make it work somewhat smoothly.
Great work by councilmember Lee to shift the narrative and take balanced action. When it comes to the transit conversation, it’s important to differentiate between fare-free transit and safety at transit stops, even though some might hypothesize that one feeds into the other. She is wise to make that distinction and create policy to make transit safer now that fare-free transit appears to be here for good.
It isn’t clear to me fare-free transit is safe for another year. It is definitely on some Councilmember’s list if they need to cut something. (And this year seems like a year where budgets are cut mid-year.)
Is that so? I assumed that the the RTA and prospective Prop 414 2.0 funding would make fare-free transit a permanent thing (or as permanent as a funded municipal service can be these days). That said, still wouldn’t be surprised if it went away. I suspect they’ll really have to prepare riders again and do solid canvassing of bus stops if they’re to make it work somewhat smoothly.
Completely agree. Well said.