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This year’s allocation is the largest that has ever been dispensed partly because of disruptions in the supply chain caused by COVID-19. The federal funding will support track repair, rail upgrades, bridge work, and construction of new rail lines and facilities.
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In 2022, PRT announced COVID-19 vaccination requirements to promote the health and safety of its workforce.
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Three years after its onset, the state of emergency around the COVID-19 pandemic has officially been lifted by the World Health Organization. In the months leading up to this declaration, commuter culture had already started to see a resurgence
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Violence against New York City bus and subway workers is up 29% since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Los Angeles, assaults on bus and train drivers have risen 24% since 2021. And in Minneapolis, crime on public transportation is up 66% in the first quarter of 2023 alone.
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Long before the effects of COVID-19, the public transit industry saw a shortage of vehicle operators and maintainers. During the Covid era, that shortage became more acute — to the extent that many systems have curtailed service due to a lack of staff.
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Led by the Vancouver Coastal Health medical microbiology team, researchers tested for virus-killing capabilities, including surrogates for COVID-19 and Noroviruses.
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Amid the end of the incident period for all COVID-19 emergency and major disaster declarations, FTA Administrator Nuria Fernandez wrote a letter to announce the administration will stop offering COVID-19 relief funding.
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The budget provides the MTA a long-term financial plan, as it continues to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Pittsburgh Regional Transit CEO Katharine Kelleman discussed the agency’s successful rebrand, how the agency has worked through the COVID-19 pandemic, and its transition to a zero-emission bus fleet.
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This year’s recipients were instrumental in enacting the 2022 and 2023 THUD Appropriations Acts, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and COVID-19 emergency relief funding.
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