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At the Bay Area Rapid Transit, they're also focused on getting their frontline workers vaccinated, and when California changed its vaccination policy distribution plan in January, moving transit workers back- to the back of the line, the industry spoke up, and California Transit Association and the ATU in a joint message to state officials said that transit agency drivers need to play a vital role in the recovery.

So, we're going to highlight a few of them for you today.

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In addition, at least eight transit agencies in Canada are also providing free vaccination transit, and other options are appearing throughout the United Kingdom. It's a simple promise as powerful as the core purpose of transit. Providing access to the vaccine via public transit gives communities a fair shot at getting the shots in the arms, as they say, for transit agencies have kept the world going by ferrying people before and during the pandemic. This vax-transit service is a bridge to a brighter future after the pandemic. And right now, Mass Transit Magazine is reporting that more than 450 agencies, as I mentioned, in 41 states, are providing free transit to vaccine appointments and mass vaccination centers. Once again, it's showing how resilient our mobility systems are at making sure that people are getting to where they need to go today. Over 450 agencies in at least 41 states are now providing free rides for people to get to the vaccine. All that on this edition of Transit Unplugged: Comfort’s Corner.Īnd now look at our headline news.

In addition to all that, we've also got, as normal, a great look at marketing from Elea Carey, and also a look at why kindness is so important right now on Mike’s Minute. We bring you all the news about that on the future of public transportation segment at the end of this podcast. This is going to be a great podcast for you. And then we've got a newsmaker interview with Brian Litchfield, Transit Director for the Town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He was one of the eight sites we visited on our recent eight-day trip down I-95, where I visited transit agencies to see what they're doing in response to the COVID pandemic, and to share with them global transit trends. Some great headline news about how public transit is remaining relevant by providing free public transportation to vaccines and more. On today's edition, we've got a great information-packed podcast for you. Welcome to Transit Unplugged. I'm your host, Paul Comfort, and this is another edition of Comfort’s Corner, where we bring you the inside story on what's happening in and around the transit industry, and brought to you fresh every Wednesday. If it's Wednesday, it's Transit Unplugged.