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The experts at UCLA’s Institute of Transportation Studies have a new video out that explains their recent study on why California and L.A. transit ridership has declined recently.

The 70-page January, 2018, study is well worth a read, but get the key points from the above video, or from Streetsblog’s explainer article.

The report and, especially its recommendations, are also summarized in a new infographic-laden document called Not Boarding – The Case of the Disappearing Transit Rider. UCLA ITS experts recommend several solutions, including:

• expanding bus-only lanes
• making easier integrated fare payment methods
• charging variable distance-based transit fares
• charging drivers closer to the real costs they incur, including congestion pricing and parking reform
• using zoning to foster building more multi-modal transit-friendly places