August 20, 2020 – Melanie Curry of Streetsblog Cal writes about a new plan released by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to protect transit riders and workers. Public Advocates Managing Attorney Richard Marcantonio is quoted in the story:
“The separate transit agencies have taken a hit-or-miss approach to worker and rider safety since the COVID-19 pandemic struck in March. Five months later, the Bay Area’s glossy ‘plan’ for healthy transit essentially tells transit riders: ‘you’re on your own.’ The plan’s failures especially impact people of color, who are a majority of transit workers and riders, and are the hardest hit by COVID-19 crisis.”
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