Comfort’s Corner: Implementing A Zero-Fare System During COVID-19

“We will try and use the resources and funding we have to keep everyone fully employed, socially distanced, and safe.”

As COVID-19 affects public transit dramatically, we’re proud to present a special edition of Transit Unplugged led by transit evangelist and Trapeze VP Paul Comfort. In today's episode, we discuss the release of U.S. federal funds for transit agencies, and what that will mean for your agency. We then hear from Julie Timm, CEO of the Greater Richmond Transit Company, about GRTC’s new zero-fare system and how they’re trying to keep unnecessary transit ridership down. Plus, guest author Paola Realpozo shares her chapter on the future of passenger rail from the bestselling new book, “The Future of Public Transportation.”

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