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

by Samantha Fields

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

by Daniel Shin and Amy Scott

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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