"Transit systems are forced to rethink as riders flee."
"Cities that have spent years trying to lure people out of their cars and convincing them to ride buses and trains are now begging them to do the opposite.
Transit agencies are watching their revenues shrivel while trying to redesign their systems for the remaining few still riding them. For now, being starved of their ridership is a mercy: There’s no way they can handle pre-pandemic levels of use while keeping people at least six feet apart.
Once the goody-two-shoes of transportation, with merit badges for reducing traffic congestion and carbon emissions — not to mention and improving roadway safety and public health — transit is now practically a pariah, shunned by all but those who have no other option. Anyone else taking up space on a train or bus is just a potential disease vector putting essential workers at risk."
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