Tolar Manufacturing Company celebrates 31 years by expanding their coverage and broadening the conversation around bus shelter placement and design.
Approximately $16.2 million will fund 40 projects in 32 states and two territories through FTA’s Areas of Persistent Poverty (AoPP) program.
Coty H. admits he’s made mistakes and is no stranger to the criminal justice system. He credits a program offered at a local corrections transition center, for helping to set his life in a new direction and TriMet, for helping him on the journey.
Agency has partnered with dozens of non-profits, social service agencies, colleges and universities to expand access to program.
According to a study, low-income workers who commuted by car had 30 times the access to jobs than those who took public transit. The advent of ridesharing and bikesharing could close the gap.
A group argues that the flawed data suggested the move would not have an overly burdensome effect on low-income and minority riders and that it should have taken steps to curb those impacts before ending the service in March.
Agency is leaning toward cutting the service, which keeps trains and some buses running about 90 minutes later on early weekend mornings at a cost of $14 million per year, as it seeks to plug a budget gap of $242 million next year.
The agency, which said it will lose $7 million to $9 million to subsidize these rides and cover the processing costs, is only the second big U.S. transit agency, after San Francisco, to offer low-income discounts.
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