Project Description
Transit patronage plunged staggeringly, from 50% to as much as 94%, during the first half of 2020 amidst the worst global pandemic in a century. But transit’s troubles in California date much earlier. From 2014 to 2018, California lost more than 165 million annual boardings, a drop of over 11%. This report examines public transit in California in the 2010s and the factors behind its falling ridership.