public transit

As President Joe Biden urges more federal spending for public transportation, transit agencies decimated by COVID-19 are struggling to figure out how to win back passengers.

Tuesday is the first full day of the federal mask mandate on public transportation, but it’s nothing new to Bay Area transit riders already required to wear face coverings. Bob Redell reports.

Passenger numbers on New York’s MTA and London’s Underground metro system initially crashed by around 95 percent, and have since recovered to only about one-third of last year’s levels. And while those numbers have rebounded, passenger numbers are likely to be lower in the near-to-medium term.

As the coronavirus rages across the U.S., grocery workers, health care professionals, university staffers, cleaning crews and others who don’t have the option to work from home must weigh safety against affordability when deciding how best to commute to their jobs

In cities around the world, public transport systems are the key to getting workers back on the job and restarting devastated economies, yet everything from trains to buses to ferries to bicycles will have to be re-imagined for the coronavirus era. In Europe in particular, public transport is shaping up as a new front line in the battle to tame…

Bay Area roads are more crowded than ever, and yet fewer people are turning to public transit to escape the traffic jams. Bob Redell reports.

The BART board of directors on Thursday is expected to decide if it wants to add community service officers to monitor safety on trains.

BART’s board of directors voted unanimously in favor of adding community service officers to monitor safety on trains with the purpose of employing so-called ambassadors to look out for “quality of life” issues on trains and across the transit system. Melissa Colorado reports.

The BART board of directors on Thursday is expected to decide if it wants to add community service officers to monitor safety on trains. Pete Suratos reports.

The BART board of directors on Thursday is expected to decide if it wants to add community service officers to monitor safety on trains. Pete Suratos reports.