{"id":1940,"date":"2020-09-10T20:45:34","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T20:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/?p=1940"},"modified":"2020-09-10T20:45:34","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T20:45:34","slug":"covid-how-a-rural-transit-authority-pivoted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/covid-how-a-rural-transit-authority-pivoted\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID: How a Rural Transit Authority Pivoted."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where: California&#8217;s Monterey-Salinas Transit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What experience did the regional transit authority have that helped their COVID pivot? The agency&#8217;s \u00a0tabletop exercises concerning the best responses to natural disasters, civil disturbances or mass casualty events<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How did Monterey-Salinas Transit do to pivot because of COVID?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Quickly required masks &amp; distancing that limited occupancy with distance exceptions for families<\/li><li>Provided its drivers with masks, goggles and face shields<\/li><li>Stopped collecting fares and instituted rear door boarding to protect drivers<\/li><li>Reached out to stakeholders in its service zone<ul><li>Stakeholders: agriculture and hospitality industries, military bases, community colleges, school districts and health-care providers<\/li><li>Bus drivers helped Meals on Wheels in Salinas Valley\u00a0<\/li><li>Parked its Wi-Fi-enabled commuter buses in rural areas to provide hot spots for rural students<\/li><li>Donated a vehicle it no longer needed to a veterans group who used it to take homeless veterans to food, medical services and shelter<\/li><li>Provided 2 buses to be converted into mobile COVID-19 testing facilities for agricultural workers<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Constant Recalibration with a comment enabled app, the Slido app<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What surprised the agency and will impact future planning?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>COVID has no clear END, unlike a natural disaster, and that impacts resources &amp; planning<\/li><li>The rush on cleaning supplies and that impact on suppliers<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.governing.com\/now\/Rural-California-Transit-Agency-Reinvents-Itself-During-COVID.html?utm_term=Rural%20California%20Transit%20Agency%20Reinvents%20Itself%20During%20COVID&amp;utm_campaign=Rural%20California%20Transit%20Agency%20Reinvents%20Itself%20During%20COVID&amp;utm_content=email&amp;utm_source=Act-On+Software&amp;utm_medium=email\">Governing | Rural California Transit Agency Reinvents Itself During COVID<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where: California&#8217;s Monterey-Salinas Transit What experience did the regional transit authority have that helped their COVID pivot? The agency&#8217;s \u00a0tabletop exercises concerning the best responses to natural disasters, civil disturbances or mass casualty events How did Monterey-Salinas Transit do to pivot because of COVID? 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