An All-Too-Rare Idea to Improve Transit: Put People Who Ride Transit in Charge

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By Angie SchmittJun 30, 2017, 11:45 am115 pts
It’s hard to improve transit service if the people who oversee transit policy don’t know what makes for good service. And yet, agency boards are often dominated by political hacks with little or no transit expertise — many don’t even know what it’s like to ride the transit systems they oversee. Dallas…

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