# The Role of Public Transit in Carrying Essential Workers: Roads, Rails & Rides

Published 2020-04-01 · Updated 2026-03-19 · Professional AV on MarketScale
Canonical: https://www.marketscale.com/industries/pro-av/role-of-public-transit-carrying-essential-workers

> Since the launch of this Roads, Rails & Rides this year, so much of the tone in the transportation industry has shifted. All of the positive forecasts have shifted to a strategy of analyzing how many resources an organization has in the reserves to help weather the storm. The micro-transit options such as Bird…

Since the launch of this [Roads, Rails & Rides](https://marketscale.com/industries/podcast-network/roads-rails-rides/) this year, so much of the tone in the transportation industry has shifted. All of the positive forecasts have shifted to a strategy of analyzing how many resources an organization has in the reserves to help weather the storm.

The micro-transit options such as [Bird](https://www.bird.co/) and [Lime](https://www.li.me/electric-scooter) that took streets by storm the past two years have had temporary bans placed on them to help reduce the spread of germs. All ride sharing has come close to a grinding halt as stay-in-shelter orders have swept the nation. But public transportation in cities have not been stopped because it is a crucial element of helping essential employees make it to work.

Host [Jeb Morris](https://marketscale.com/industries/contributors/jeb-morris/) and [The Voice of B2B, Daniel Litwin](https://marketscale.com/industries/contributors/daniel-litwin/), discuss how quickly the transportation landscape has changed and is still changing every day. An eye opening number Jeb mentions is that the [Bay Area Rapid Transit](https://www.bart.gov/) (BART) system reported a [92% drop](https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/bart-cuts-service-hours-to-cut-losses-caused-by-low-ridership/) in passengers from February to March. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated event as airports have reported a very similar drop in daily traffic. [TSA](https://www.tsa.gov/) has reported as having gone from [2 million passengers](https://www.foxnews.com/travel/pandemic-tsa-people-still-flying-numbers) a day going through security last March to roughly an average of 200,000 people going through security.

### Stay tuned for new episodes every other Wednesday!

---
Source: MarketScale, https://www.marketscale.com/industries/pro-av/role-of-public-transit-carrying-essential-workers. Published for AI indexing and citation; cite the canonical URL. Site guide for agents: https://www.marketscale.com/llms.txt