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ArticlesMay 7, 2020

5 Long-term Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Transit

With this unprecedented crisis will come a new way for transit agencies to operate service and do business on a day-to-day basis. So what might that look like?

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Articlesby Ben WhitakerMay 5, 2020

Creating a contactless future for cities

COVID-19 has made it clear that handling cash and touching equipment — like turnstiles or fare vending machines — to board, could make transit less attractive through the risk of infection.

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Newsby StaffMay 1, 2020

The perils of providing transit, managing a workforce through COVID-19 with John Andoh

The COMET's executive director joins Alex Roman on the latest episode of METROspectives.

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Newsby StaffApril 30, 2020

Former WSP VP O'Sullivan passes away

His public transportation career spanned nearly five decades and comprised two distinguished halves in the public and private sector.

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Newsby StaffApril 29, 2020

TheRide laying off 44 positions to maintain financial stability amidst COVID-19

he staff reductions include union and non-union employees. In addition, executive staff have voluntarily reduced their salaries.

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ArticlesApril 20, 2020

Responding to COVID-19: How to optimize transportation resources during emergencies

The COVID-19 outbreak has cities and transit agencies scrambling to provide new forms of transportation for essential staff and emergency services.

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Newsby StaffApril 17, 2020

MARTA implementing 'essential service' plan

The plan keeps MARTA running for health care personnel and other essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic.

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ArticlesCover StoryApril 14, 2020

What public transit looks like now and could look like after COVID-19 with Paul Comfort

Comfort joins Managing Editor Alex Roman for the latest installment of the METROspectives podcast.

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Articlesby Charlotte DiBartolomeoApril 13, 2020

Transit's monumental challenges to support the frontline in the time of coronavirus

Fear, particularly when it’s sustained over a period of time, reorganizes the brain, cutting off the normal pathways to problem-solving.

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Newsby StaffApril 13, 2020

John “Randy” Schetky passes away at 69

Schetky died after his cancer diagnosis became unmanageable, said his sons David and Chase, both VPs for the company.

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