Transit ridership has still not recovered to pre-pandemic levels in DC and nationally, and many transit providers, including WMATA, currently face fiscal cliffs as federal pandemic aid runs out. However, as Tracy Loh* and I discussed in a report for the Brookings Institution in August, there is still a bright future for transit, if we plan for it.
Transit in the Washington region has a future, if we plan for it
September 22, 2023