Laurel in Transit

Going to Amtrak yes. But not going from Amtrak to the 12. The bus currently lays over at the Alice Street stop and I don't think will be allowed to lay over right in front of Amtrak. So that makes a long walk to one of the other stops likely depending on the layover spot

I get the goal of avoiding the train tracks. But given the transfers from the ferry and Capital Corridor aren't timed it will make it even less desirable to chance given the longer run to try to make the bus!

Where will the layover be for the 12 in this proposal? Where is the proposed pick-up stop for the Amtrak station?

Also that this looks like it makes the transfer from Amtrak to the 12 longer and from the ferry to the 12 longer. I couldn't tell where the bus will layover now and so where the new pick-up stop is for the Amtrak station.

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Maybe you remember, he came to Atlanta to help us with the campaign to restore transit to Clayton County in around 2010. It was an honor getting to meet him and share how we were trying to use Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to fight for transit equity in Atlanta.

Not saying the routes impacted shifts the cognitive load onto riders to consider/know the parts of routes they don't use when determining whether they need to go to a public meeting.

What I am asking is that when AC Transit does outreach about this project you said the specific routes. I might ride the 51A just in Oakland and by saying routes that serve Alameda or Alameda access project I might not think it impacts me, when it will since delays will be felt across the route.

Can the flyer or the social media post please tell riders which routes are going to be impacted? And the magnitude/types of impacts? This flyer doesn't give enough information for folks to know if they should attend.

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It feels like weather forecasting is getting less accurate, but I don't know if that is true or just my assumption that everything the federal government touches is getting worse.

AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL - Two CWA Members Abducted at Work by ICE in St Cloud, MN Communications Workers of America Local 7250, CWA, Labor Union

ICE abducted two members of CWA Local 7304 at their workplace, New Flyer in St Cloud. Both men had come to the US from Laos legally as small children and had worked at New Flyer for over 20 years.

That makes sense. Happy to chat about paratransit if its helpful. I have experience both helping riders advocate for better paratransit service and on the transit agency side. The cost model is challenging for agencies, but hopefully all the promises of better scheduling software are panning out.

Looking forward to reading the paper! The results are an indictment of the poor quality of ADA mandated public paratransit. Important for Mamdani to consider because unlike free buses making paratransit free could unintentionally erode service quality and reliability.

Clipper 2.0 Leaves AC Transit Cash Riders Behind | KQED Transit advocates are calling attention to recent updates to Clipper that fail to extend savings to people who pay with cash to ride AC Transit.

The Clipper fare system upgrades in the Bay Area have great benefits - free transfers, fare caps, open payment. But unfortunately they leave behind people without access to Clipper. This is pronounced on AC Transit where cash riders don't have access to a weekly pass www.kqed.org/news/1206773...

I argued for means-testing at the MBTA (pre-pandemic) bc we had significant fare revenue from high income riders on the commuter rail. Just making buses free would continue to limit low-income users of CR, but making CR free would require a lot of new revenue that might not be progressive as fares.

I think part of the calculus is also the source of the revenue and the transit network design. If we make transit free but pay for it with a very regressive source we are just rearranging the burden on low-income households.

Also completely unacceptable is AC Transit having a weekly cap of $25 on Clipper/bank card with no way for riders who pay in cash to access it! Especially with the lack of Clipper locations. $90 at the start of a month is a lot and buying day passes for $6 a day means overpaying by $17 a week.

Depending on the topics in your public transportation class, happy to share my transit data primer: www.transitdataprimer.org

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The Tempo machines unfortunately just print a ticket for the Tempo and don't let you add money to your Clipper card.

Isn't the government shut down? How is this essential business?

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The main threat to transit isn't crime, it is the federal government threatening funding and rolling back civil rights and environmental justice protections. commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/the-...

Thanks for sharing Dan! Larry was very influential for a generation of GA Tech students. His class and book shaped my understanding of Atlanta.

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Notice of Withdrawal of Environmental Justice Guidance The Federal Transit Administration withdraws guidance document Circular 4703.1, Environmental Justice.

In the continuing attacks on civil rights and environmental justice today the Federal Transit Administration withdrew its circular on Environmental Justice issued in 2012. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

This is my fear for the future of transit, sponsors determining service. It will create inadequate and inequitable service levels and we now lack the credible threat of federal Title VI enforcement. Support for everyone in PA fighting for transit funding!

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