Where Bay Area candidates stand on seamless transit

Earlier this year, our partners at East Bay for Everyone and YIMBY Action sent out a questionnaire to candidates running for Bay Area transit board seats in 2020.

Below, we’ve compiled excerpts from their responses that illuminate their positions on seamless transit, transit prioritization and safety, transit-oriented development, and more.

For more information about specific candidates, we encourage you to visit candidates’ websites, read recent media coverage, and consult voter guides created by organizations you trust.

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1. Bevan Dufty

Bevan is running for BART Director, District 9. He says:

Would you support an integrated fare system for all Bay Area transit? If so, what conditions or pre-requisites would you need to see to support an integrated fare system?

“I am a fan of both Adina Levin and Ian Griffiths of Seamless Bay Area. Pre-Covid we interacted frequently on Twitter and I support their vision. There was a presentation at the Board and I agree with their criticisms of the ways Bay Area Transit is fragmented and perhaps there is a silver lining that we can make significant changes just as transit globally is under such threat. I welcome collaborating on these goals and appreciate their effort to keep the Caltrain 1/8 funding measure on the rails to November.”

What should BART do to further shift mode share away from private vehicles and towards more accessible, environmentally friendly, and sustainable options?

“This is a difficult question in this Covid era. Our ridership is only at 12% of baseline, however, our 15 point Welcome Back plan is getting positive feedback from riders who see how hard we are working to slowly and safely grow service as we have the cleanest stations and trains in memory and deploying next generation air filtration systems. The reality is that many people who have access to a car are using vehicles and we must win them back. In the big picture, we don't know the magnitude of changes that will impact BART with so many people working from home. If I am re-elected, one of my major objectives is working on the plan for a second crossing. It will majorly improve transit for my 14-year old and younger generations throughout the Bay Area.”

What are your thoughts on how to best ensure public safety on BART for all riders? How should BART perform fare verification (if at all)?

“Because our former General Manager, Grace Crunican, opposed my proposal for non sworn, unarmed Ambassadors -- it took 2 years, a new GM and Police Chief to get a pilot this past January. Directors Sim, Li and Saltzman and I have initiated a formal process to reimagine public safety and to remove armed officers from responding to homelessness, behavioral health, substance abuse and fare evasion. Despite all of our efforts to have a fare enforcement approach that did not discriminate, the disproportionality of Black and Brown riders being cited turned most of us away from enforcement and towards new fare gates. I have worked for integrity in our system with these same colleagues, specifically expanding the 50% reduced youth fare from 6-12 to go through age 18. And Lateefah and I advocated and helped win BART's first ever low-income rider 20% discount in a pilot that started in July. I am energized to respond to calls to defund police and create safety for all.”

2. David Wei Wen Young

David is running for BART Director, District 9. His thoughts are:

Would you support an integrated fare system for all Bay Area transit? If so, what conditions or pre-requisites would you need to see to support an integrated fare system?

“Yes, I support Seamless. I'm not sure I understand the rest of the question - many other metro areas around the world have an integrated payment system, so I don't see why we should be any different.”

What should BART do to further shift mode share away from private vehicles and towards more accessible, environmentally friendly, and sustainable options?

“BART's done quite a lot with bike storage at the stations, I only use bike share systems (all my owned bikes have been stolen) so I'll focus on that:

I think BART could acquire Bay Wheels from Lyft for about $50MM right now. This would give BART control over the deployment of standard, cargo, family, and electric/longer range bike share as appropriate given the level of density in the host station.”

What are your thoughts on how to best ensure public safety on BART for all riders? How should BART perform fare verification (if at all)?

“Invest in passive security. Secure the station entrances with gates that are up to par with say the NYC subway and keep people in crisis out of confined areas. This can come from the capital budget with less difficult re-prioritization.

Work with the counties to make sure the help people in crisis need is available with a reasonable service level (e.g. < 30 minutes). The riders I've polled care more that we deliver clean and safe than how we do it. Amidst a pandemic and huge revenue shortfalls, we have to look at how we do this through the prism of delivering the best rider experience at the lowest cost. “

3. Lateefah Simon

Lateefah is running for BART Director, District 7. Here are her thoughts:

What do you think the BART Board should do to increase regional coordination to address our housing shortage? How would you like to exercise AB2923 to see more transit oriented development built adjacent to BART stations?

“I’m a huge proponent for Seamless Bay area. With 27 public transportation operators in the Barry region, we can and must better coordinate services to ensure that all have safe and affordable access. I fully support transit oriented development and will continue to ensure it occurs. The issue of addressing the “last mile” has been a priority of mine because I am transit dependent.

I certainly believe we need to maintain and expand open-spaces, while dramatically increasing population density around transit. As a legally blind individual, I personally have built my life around accessibility to transit -and specifically BART. We need to ensure that there is an abundance of housing of all ranges near housing.”

Would you support an integrated fare system for all Bay Area transit? If so, what conditions or pre-requisites would you need to see to support an integrated fare system?

“I’m a huge proponent for Seamless Bay area. With 27 public transportation operators in the Barry region, we can and must better coordinate services to ensure that all have safe and affordable access. Over the past four years I have sought to address the Bay Area's affordability crisis. I’ve worked towards discounted fares for those who need it, huge success that occurred in partnership with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. BART will begin offering a 20% discount to low-income riders.”

What should BART do to further shift mode share away from private vehicles and towards more accessible, environmentally friendly, and sustainable options?

“Accessibility and affordability are two of my major platforms. These relate not only to BART but how riders rely upon housing and accessibility to human needs for survival where they live. I will work in partnership with county and other city leaders to combine transportation policy planning and equitable city planning.”

What are your thoughts on how to best ensure public safety on BART for all riders? How should BART perform fare verification (if at all)?

“BART implemented the ambassador program within the last year. Supplementing the police force with ambassadors helps to ensure safety on BART trains.

I am proud that BART has become a national leader to implement changes in the wake of defunding the police moment. I believe that the face of community intervention does not need to be a person with a badge – and that law enforcement should likely be the last called – not the first.”

4. Jamie Salcido

Jamie is running for BART Director, District 1. Here are her responses:

Do you support re-prioritizing transit and pedestrian infrastructure over cars? Have you worked on any measures to support pedestrians, mass transit, or bike infrastructure, or to reduce traffic deaths and injuries?

“Yes, I support re-prioritizing transit and pedestrian infrastructure over cars. I believe the return on investment for transit/pedestrian infrastructure is far greater than the cost of roads and parking to support cars. As a designer, I have worked on a number of projects in the past that improved the experience and safety for pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit riders over car traffic. I also provide guidance on transportation policy, plans and designs for the City of Walnut Creek as a Transportation Commissioner, and I ensure bicyclists’ and pedestrians’ needs are well-represented.”

How can we ensure that we meet the transportation needs of people of color, low-income people, and people experiencing homelessness in our communities?

“First, we need to reconsider the role of our BART police, and where we can substitute police services with social services for a number of issues. It has become increasingly clear that our law enforcement agencies suffer from issues with systemic racism and bias, which has detrimental and truly life-threatening impacts on people of color. We cannot continue to make excuses for this, and we must change. I believe law enforcement serves a necessary role in addressing serious crimes, but we should not criminalize mental health issues and homelessness, and police should not be the primary responders to non-violent incidents. We need to take a team-based approach to solve issues of homelessness and poverty.

Second, we should continue supporting programs that allow for reduced or free fares for lower income individuals/families. Public transit can be a lifeline for opportunity, and we need to make it accessible and affordable to everyone.”

Do you think [agency] should increase its cooperation with other Bay Area transit agencies, and what actions would you take to do this if elected to office?

“Yes. Increased cooperation with other transit agencies and MTC will be important — BART only has reach into limited areas, and if we want to reduce parking at BART stations, particularly in suburban locations, we will need to work collaboratively with other agencies to coordinate efforts and make better connections. I would personally reach out to agencies who oversee transit planning and operations in my District, like CCTA and County Connection/CCCTA, to see how we could work together to better understand the rider experience, how we can attract more people to use the various services, and what we can do in the future to improve connections. I would also like to see how we can leverage best practices from different agencies that interact with BART and see how similar ideas could be implemented with other transit agencies.”

5. Steven Dunbar

Steven is running for BART Director, District 5. Here are his responses:

“I believe in providing sustainable and equitable access. Sometimes equity and access involves cars, but we have plenty of infrastructure already built for cars and we often rush into car investments when we haven’t completed the basics for other modes. For example, Alameda county is spending $40M on a Dublin/Pleasanton parking garage without first seeing how the LAVTA bus priority signals change travel behavior and parking demand. Yes, as a board member for Bike East Bay, engineer in mass transit manufacturing, and through personal advocacy, I’ve strongly supported sustainable modes of travel. I know the intricate details and best practices to make those modes the first choice for more people.”

How can we ensure that we meet the transportation needs of people of color, low-income people, and people experiencing homelessness in our communities?

“Let’s be clear that these are three different communities and that their needs and priorities are not identical.

These communities are often statistically the most transit-dependent, and often access BART stations via walking, biking, scootering, in a wheelchair, or on a bus. We can improve access by prioritizing those modes around and within the stations.

Building and maximizing affordable housing units on BART property through AB2923 allows our most transit-dependent to have a higher quality of life. I have the relationships and the passion to build trust with the community to see these projects built.

We must eliminate the criminalization of all people on BART who pose no threat to anyone, while ensuring that everyone feels secure while using any form of public transit. The homeless person sleeping in the corner of the car is no real threat. We must be able to have that conversation with the community about these issues and confront the default reaction that those without shelter are dangerous by default.

Drug addictions and violence are problems. They are not significantly more likely to occur on transit than on the highway, but where they do exist on transit, we deal with those problems directly.”

Do you think [agency] should increase its cooperation with other Bay Area transit agencies, and what actions would you take to do this if elected to office?

“Absolutely. I’m an advocate and monetary supporter of Seamless Bay Area, and while there are details to work out for both riders and employees, I believe it is definitely worth the investment. Missing a transfer at Dublin/Pleasanton onto a Stockton-bound RTD bus that runs once an hour is not acceptable. 19,000 fare rules and expensive Clipper 2.0 contracts means we leave money on the table that we should be using to provide service.

I do not accept system failures, and as a director, I would actively seek out and work to solve transit problems no matter the source.”

6. John McPartland

John is running for BART Director, District 5. Here are his thoughts:

“a. Yes, I support re-prioritizing transit and pedestrian infrastructure over cars, but it’s not an either/or solution. All must be accommodated fairly and equitably.

b. Yes, I have worked on any measures to support pedestrians, mass transit, or bike infrastructure. Specifically:

i. I am on two Board working to expand rail commuter train service to Livermore and San Jose.

ii. I actively participate and promote pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure and interface with BART

iii. By expanding convenient accessibility of public transportation, by cause and effect, it will markedly reduce the events of injuries and deaths by auto accidents.”

How can we ensure that we meet the transportation needs of people of color, low-income people, and people experiencing homelessness in our communities?

“We are in the process of doing that right now. Specifically, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission is working on having a “Needs Based” public transportation ridership fee system that will be implemented across the entire bay area using Clipper Cards. BART is an integral partner in the development of that system.”

Do you think [agency] should increase its cooperation with other Bay Area transit agencies, and what actions would you take to do this if elected to office?

“a. BART already cooperates with all of the Bay Area transit agencies at the transit operational level, joint agency Director committee level and the Metropolitan Transit Commission level that has representation of all these transit agencies. The MTC’s job is to globally facilitate seamless transportation systems for the public need.

b. That said, the separate transportation systems work well together, but we are far from seamless to the convenience and needs of the commuters. For BART’s effort, we are redesigning bus interface access, bicycle access and more. So, yes, we need to do better.”

7. Chris Peeples

Chris is running for AC Transit Board of Directors, At-Large seat.

“ Yes and yes. About 15 years ago I did a great deal of work on AC Transit’s first rapid bus line – the 72R. We raised grant money to upgrade the pedestrian amenities at stops and upgrades to the traffic signals to implement transit priority.

That was followed by the long process to implement the much more extensive BRT (bus rapid transit) system that opened 2 weeks ago on international Boulevard. I partici[ated in probably close to 100 meetings on BRT.

I have participated with the ACTC (Alameda County Transportation Commission) on what hopefully will be our next BRT – upgrading the 72R to full BRT.

I have been supporting the Oakland DOT proposal for “red lanes” in Oakland. I am following the ACTC proposals for dedicated lanes in Central and South County.

I was extensively involved in the restructuring of Bancroft in Berkeley to accommodate both bikes and buses. That was led by AC Transit planner, Steve Newhouse. I was at all the lobbying meetings with the Berkeley mayor and councilmembers and with the Telegraph merchants. There is still more to be done on that project.”

How can we ensure that we meet the transportation needs of people of color, low-income people, and people experiencing homelessness in our communities?

“AC Transit serves the transportation needs of low income people of color. 70% of AC’s riders are low or extremely low income (50% or 30% or area median income) and 64% of them are people of color (80% of our employees are persons of color).

I have been a strong supporter of empathizing service to youth, seniors and the economically vulnerable from finding funds to keep fares low to developing service deployment policies that empathize service to people who need and use the bus. We have gotten grants to support all-night service for people who work at night. I worked with Peralta trustees Nicky González Yuen and Abel Guillen to set up an eco-pass program for full time Peralta Community College students. That has now been expanded to a number of other Community Colleges. (AC Transit had preexisting programs with UC Berkeley and other 4 year colleges and universities in the District.)

About 20 years ago, I worked with supervisors Gioia and Carson, then Assemblymember Aroner and the number of people from UC Berkeley to establish a free bus pass for youth that qualified for free or reduced price lunch. Unfortunately, the MTC funding was inadequate and thus the program did not get a full test. The continuing interest in such a program, however, has led to a provision in the current one cent transportation sales tax in Alameda County (Measure BB) which would establish a free bus pass for all middle and senior high students in Alameda County. It has been operating for four years now and is slowly expanding in the AC Transit part of Alameda County There was a limited amount of funding for student passes in West County in Contra Costa Measure "J," and I worked with a number of other advocates to expand that program county-wide in Measures “X” and the new "J." Unfortunately despite efforts by me and many others, those measures failed. They would also have increased bus service in that poorer part of our District in general.

AC Transit is going to participate in the discount for low income persons with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission providing the administrative support of determining who qualifies for the discount (that would be about 70% of our riders) and providing funding.”

Do you think [agency] should increase its cooperation with other Bay Area transit agencies, and what actions would you take to do this if elected to office?

“I support greater cooperation and have served on the AC Transit – BART Interagency Liaison Committee since its inauguration and have close personal relationships with the progressive BART Board members (to the great consternation of BART staff, Robert Ryburn had me swear him in as a BART Director).

I am, however, leery of consolidation. I have seen opinions, I have not seen any serious studies on area-wide consolidations. In Europe area wide transit agencies have been successful (although the system over in Europe is very different – transit agencies mostly do planning and financing, all the operations are contracted out – that can work if health care and pension is not tied to employment). In the United States it has been very mixed. In Boston it works well. In Philadelphia it is a disaster. All of the inefficiencies, all of the conflicts between computer rail, heavy rail and light rail and local buses are still there, they are just inside SEPTA without public oversight.

In the Bay Area we have a nine-county planning and funding agency, MTC (the Metropolitan Transportation Commission). It meets during the day in San Francisco, far from BART and is sensitive to people who are available in the middle of the day, can write well and have access to electronic communications. As shown in the Darrensburg litigation, that has resulted in CalTrain riders (60% of whom were white) with an average family income of $120,000, being subsidized at about $14.00 a ride, BART riders (43% of whom were white) with an average family income in the $90,000, being subsidized at about $6.00 a ride and AC Transit riders (20% of whom were white) with an average family income of about $27,000 being subsidized at about $3.00 a ride. (These numbers are a few years out of date, but given the increasing income inequality, I am sure the figures today are more disparate.)

The current push for consolidation has come largely from tech workers who work for companies that have chosen to locate in communities that do not allow dense housing. Those tech workers have spread throughout the Bay Area and (at least or-pandemic) engaged in long commutes and wanted those long commutes subsidized. (I sympathize, I commuted for almost 30 years from Oakland to Palo Alto, Los Altos and San Jose.) The average trip on an AC Transit bus is 3 miles.

If there was consolidation, it would need to be done very carefully to make sure it did not have a dispirit impact on low income riders and transit employees.”

8. Victoria Fierce

Victoria is running for AC Transit Board of Directors, At-Large seat. Here are her responses:

“Yes, absolutely! In my work to get AB2923 passed, I delivered a thick 1” stack of signed petitions to the BART board of Directors asking them to endorse the measure. They failed to endorse, but the bill passed nonetheless. Other bills I’ve organized for include SB35, SB167, SB50, SB827, SB330, and many many many more.”

How can we ensure that we meet the transportation needs of people of color, low-income people, and people experiencing homelessness in our communities?

“Most people ticketed by AC Transit for fare evasion are people of color. The communities most in need of cheap, accessible transit, aren't white communities and as a consequence they're burdened with the expenses of car ownership and maintenance. When they can’t afford a car, they’re riding an AC Transit bus who in turn is stuck behind someone else’s private automobile. When AC Transit suffers, the Black rider community suffers and the white riders call a Lyft. Let's fix that by decriminalizing poverty while moving towards free transit. Improving our transit network to reduce car dependency and ownership will reduce pedestrian deaths disproportionately borne by communities of color while increasing economic opportunities for riders of color. It will also reduce air pollution near our busy streets and freeways, which is often the only place in town a person of color can afford to rent. I fully believe that transit justice is climate justice and racial justice. I know that Black lives matter, and I will act like it.”

Do you think [agency] should increase its cooperation with other Bay Area transit agencies, and what actions would you take to do this if elected to office?

“Yes, absolutely! This past weekend we all saw a massive meltdown of AC Transit service; the district closed an entire division along with its routes and failed to notify the world. No other transit districts were notified that transfers would be missed, that AC Transit connections wouldn’t be there. Alameda County runs an automated alert system that sends out a text message for critical information. If AC Transit coordinated with the county’s department of emergency management, hundreds of thousands of riders wouldn’t have been abandoned in the smoky, toxic air, waiting for bus routes that weren’t ever coming. Additionally, the district will need to coordinate with other bay area cities in order to stitch the East Bay together again with bus lanes. At a public forum, an AC Transit director recently said that the lesson learned from BRT is that “AC Transit shouldn’t build [more] BRT”, citing the agency’s failure to act in a collaborative fashion. There’s no law saying AC Transit can’t be good at collaborating, rather, the responsibility for pushing such a vision sits with the board of Directors. I will push for stronger regional collaboration, because it's the only way we’ll save the world from climate disaster.”

9. Dollene Jones

Dollene is running for AC Transit Board of Directors, At-Large seat. Here are her thoughts:

“Yes, I do since there are clean air goals to reach in the very near future something has to be done about our pollution control. Before CO-VID19 traffic and our pollution levels were at an all time high! Nowadays after CO-VID19 people are moving out of California, car sales are changing, electric cars, scooters & bikes have changed the way we travel. But is that enough to reach our goals? I’ve worked with some bicycle coalitions in the past on both sides of the bay. Measure BB, Measure J I’ve also supported. I will continue to vote/support all transit, bike, pedestrians and traffic reduction measures to help give the future generations the cleanest air possible.”

How can we ensure that we meet the transportation needs of people of color, low-income people, and people experiencing homelessness in our communities?

“By directly asking them their needs.”

Do you think [agency] should increase its cooperation with other Bay Area transit agencies, and what actions would you take to do this if elected to office?

“Yes, we will see what actions are necessary to take since everyone will definitely start from the number 0.”

10. Benjamin Fong

Benjamin is running for AC Transit Board, Ward 1. Here are his responses:

“We need to re-prioritize transit and pedestrian infrastructure. On the Berkeley Planning Commission, I supported building more bike parking, bike lanes and pedestrian areas in the Adeline Corridor, and other infrastructure supporting bikers and pedestrians. I have also founded a non-profit focused on helping re-envision streets into public spaces (see below). I support protected bike lanes and enhanced pedestrian areas. As a transportation professional, I have helped dozens of cities implement bikeshare and other sustainable last-mile solutions.”

How can we ensure that we meet the transportation needs of people of color, low-income people, and people experiencing homelessness in our communities?

“We must reinvest in AC Transit and help our most vulnerable populations. We need to stop the proposed 30% service cuts and reinvest in AC Transit. These cuts are short-sighted since buses are the only way we are going to meet our equity goals. Last time AC Transit made big cuts in 2009 those lines didn’t come back for years, if at all. There are many transit-dependent populations across the Ward that rely on bus service. Buses help families get where they need to go - from doctor's appointments to job interviews to the grocery store. Furthermore, we need to ensure that our most vulnerable populations, including our elderly, low-income, communities of color, and disabled communities, have the access they need. We need to prioritize routes that serve these communities such as the 72 and 51B that are currently facing cuts.

Operators, staff, and police must be trained in recognizing unconscious bias and conflict management. We should increase mental health training among enforcement staff that encourages non-violent interventions. With regard to the environment, we must also keep in mind the environmental impact of our buses and should continue to prioritize electric buses in low-income areas in order to reduce the deleterious and historically high impact of pollution on communities of color.”

Do you think [agency] should increase its cooperation with other Bay Area transit agencies, and what actions would you take to do this if elected to office?

“I find it outrageous that I may need to spend $10 on a trip across AC Transit, BART, and MUNI for example. I support better coordination of the region’s many transit agencies. Having the various systems is inefficient, confusing for riders, and outdated.

In the short term, we need to streamline transfers with other transit agencies, coordinate with other transit agencies on how to share costs/buy in bulk, and lobby together for federal funding. Even the process of transferring between our several systems as a rider means confusion about how to read the various transit maps, having to go through several different turnstiles, and means that routes are not optimized because each system is making those decisions independently. We need to build better. We have a unique opportunity to rethink our transportation system as Covid is changing commuter habits so we can reach our equity, economic, and environmental goals, and we must seize it.”

11. Jean Walsh

Jean is running for AC Transit Board, Ward 2. Here are her responses:

“Yes, I support re-prioritizing infrastructure and reallocating street and curb space to create better conditions for people biking, scooting, walking and taking transit. I worked for BayWheels bike share and Lime scooter share to increase availability of sustainable transportation options, and this often included converting car storage spaces that benefited one person to bike share stations with multiple bikes that anyone could use. I’ve volunteered for People Protected, raising awareness of the need for protected bike lanes, and I’m an active member of Bike East Bay, Walk Oakland Bike Oakland, the East Bay Transit Riders Union and Transbay Coalition. I support Senator Wiener’s bill, SB288 (CEQA exemption for "good" transit projects), Asm Bonta’s bill 2824 (Bay Bridge Fast Forward), as well as Asm Chiu’s bill 2057 (Seamless Bay Area Transit). I also support raising the gas tax and taxing TNC’s to fund transit.”

How can we ensure that we meet the transportation needs of people of color, low-income people, and people experiencing homelessness in our communities?

“It’s not an exaggeration to say we are in a health crisis, a housing crisis, a climate crisis, an economic crisis, and a racial justice crisis. Transportation intersects all of them. A seamless public transportation network that is fast, frequent, affordable, safe, and easy to use is an important step towards achieving racial, economic, social and environmental justice. Making public transportation better literally makes peoples’ lives better.

Communities of color have been subjected to redlining and discrimination in housing, construction of highways that destroyed and divided communities, and exposure to pollution causing asthma and health disparities. Racial justice and environmental justice are inextricably linked, as black and brown communities suffer the worst impacts of environmental destruction and climate change. The housing crisis means many AC Transit workers can’t even afford to live near where they work.

One way to address systemic racism is to make sure transit serves our most vulnerable residents, 70% of whom are black and brown. We need to make sure transit is affordable for low income riders by expanding the low income fare discount program. If we are forced to make service adjustments we have to prioritize those most dependent on transit, people who are low income, seniors, people with disabilities. Three-quarters of our essential AC Transit workers are people of color. We need to ensure that our drivers’ health and safety comes first and that they are provided PPE, along with fair wages and benefits.

AC Transit should also evaluate its contracts with the Sheriff’s Dept for bus lane violations and fare evasion and move towards unarmed ambassadors and camera enforcement.”

Do you think [agency] should increase its cooperation with other Bay Area transit agencies, and what actions would you take to do this if elected to office?

“Yes. AC Transit should coordinate with other Bay Area transit agencies to create a seamless transportation network. Assemblymember David Chiu’s bill, AB 2057 (Seamless Bay Area Transit) would create a task force to advance structural changes that would lead to better integration among the many transit operators. Participating in the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) blue ribbon panel is another way to increase coordination to reduce costs, increase efficiencies and improve the experience for riders. I would also like to coordinate with micro-mobility providers to provide secure parking for bikes and scooter and bike share near transit hubs so that riders have first and last mile connections to transit.”

Ruta DesaiOctober 30, 2020