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Public transit tries to lure riders back with reduced fares, other incentives

Jul 12, 2021
Across the country, ridership is still way below pre-pandemic levels.
Passengers at a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in San Francisco. Despite the economy reopening, public transit use is still down dramatically in many metropolitan areas.
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Why the "creative class" is moving away from coastal, metropolitan cities

Jul 15, 2019
Richard Florida wrote about why more "creative class" workers are moving away from coastal, metropolitan cities.
A view of Salt Lake City, Utah, which is one of the places the "creative class" is moving to.
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