Not in Service: Why Public Transit Must Aim to Serve Students
Approximately 29,000 Baltimore City Public Schools students rely on public transportation every day to get to and from school. That’s nearly 75% of middle and high school students. Student ridership accounts for almost one in five rides on Maryland Transit Authority's core service annually. Yet students’ ability to get to and from school easily, participate in extracurricular activities, access internships, or hold a job is met by a consistent and overwhelming barrier: a transportation system that does not adequately consider, much less meet, their needs.
In The Fund for Educational Excellence's new report, Not in Service: Why Public Transit Must Aim to Serve Students, they share 274 current Batlimore City Schools middle and high school students about their experiences with public transportation in Baltimore. Through these interviews, a picture emerges of a transportation system that doesn’t connect homes and schools, featuring long commutes, unreliable service, and exposure to violence and harassment. The challenges students face going to and from school summon a set of problems that have disproportionately impacted Black and Brown communities for decades.
In The Fund for Educational Excellence's new report, Not in Service: Why Public Transit Must Aim to Serve Students, they share 274 current Batlimore City Schools middle and high school students about their experiences with public transportation in Baltimore. Through these interviews, a picture emerges of a transportation system that doesn’t connect homes and schools, featuring long commutes, unreliable service, and exposure to violence and harassment. The challenges students face going to and from school summon a set of problems that have disproportionately impacted Black and Brown communities for decades.
Click here to read the full report.
Source: The Fund for Educational Excellence
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