Transit Stories: Rose Driscoll
Cleveland, OH I love taking the bus. I love not having to worry about parking or pay for the upkeep of a car. I love putting on my headphones and using the time that I would spend driving to text my friends and family. But I also rely on the bus for transportation because I […]
Transit Stories: Paolo Solorzano
Aurora, CO I started going to RTD (Regional Transportation District) board meetings back in 2017. I wanted to know why bus service had gotten so unreliable, and I wanted them to fix it. At the time, I was trying very hard to get my life back on track. I’d gone through a period of mental […]
Transit Stories: Mary Rachel Taylor
Chicago, Illinois I’m grateful to have public transportation. I grew up in a town in North Carolina in a town that only had one public bus, but it was very important for me growing up, so living in a place with transit is important to me. When I was thinking of moving to a new […]
Transit Stories: Leslie Ramirez
Atlanta, GA I am the CEO and Founder of House Of Ramirez. I am a mother of three, and I use transit for everything I do. I rely on the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority’s (MARTA) bus and train service to get around the city and the suburban areas. As such, being connected to different […]
Transit Stories: La Queta Worley-Bell
Cleveland, Ohio My name is La Queta Worley-Bell. I live in Cleveland, Ohio and I have been taking public transit all my life. It takes me an hour to get from my house to downtown, which is where I do my shopping, pay my bills, and pick up my medication. When train service was cut […]
Transit Stories: Krystal Monteros
Tacoma, Washington I live in a redlined community. People may know about redlining, racism, and housing segregation. But it affects what’s available to entire communities. I live in an apartment complex in a neighborhood that’s purposely structured so that you’re not going to find a school or supermarket or church or other essential services within […]
Transit Stories: Kim Yancey
New York City, NY My name is Kim Yancey, I’m 45, and I’m a licensed social worker living in East Harlem near the 125th St 4/5/6 subway station. I have a disability and access the subway system using a power wheelchair. Having lost my job shortly before the pandemic, my efforts to reenter the workforce […]
Transit Stories: Kenny Uong
(He/Him) | Glandale, CA My name is Kenny Uong. I’m an Urban Studies and Planning student attending Cal State Northridge in Los Angeles. I grew up in a household that relied on public transit to get around. We would take transit to go get groceries in Chinatown, to go to the shopping centers, and mostly […]
Transit Stories: Jess Wallace
(She/Her) | Cleveland, OH I moved to Cleveland 16 years ago, from a small town in Ohio where there is no public transit. As a person living with a mobility disability, Cleveland’s public transit system gave me a newfound freedom. I am able to commute to my full-time job at Downtown Cleveland Alliance in downtown […]
Transit Stories: Jacquelin Alcala
(She/Her) | Los Angeles, CA I am a first-generation college student and attending Los Angeles Pierce College for the past three years, soon to be attending Cal State University Northridge, both being heavily commuter schools. Before that, my whole life I’ve been taking public transit. It has been a very integral part of my life. […]
