Commentary: LA’s half-empty, crime-ridden Metro trains don’t have to stay that way
by Ethan N. Elkind, Los Angeles Times
Mar 22, 2023
3 minutes
It’s no secret that the pandemic devastated public transit systems across the country, and Los Angeles’ ever-expanding Metro rail system is no exception. With many white-collar employees now working remotely for all or much of the week, ridership on the region’s subway and light-rail lines is still around just two-thirds of its pre-COVID peak. The situation is even worse for systems such as Bay Area Rapid Transit, or BART, which is overly reliant on the office workers and employers
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