OPB’s Stop Requested Live at PSU in partnership with TREC

Public transit is not just for cities. It’s an essential lifeline for people in rural communities. For OPB’s ‘Stop Requested’ series, Lillian Karabaic spent 14 days riding 38 buses to some of Oregon’s most remote places and talking to riders and drivers. If you’re used to 20-minute headways being frequent service, how about a bus that only runs once a week? What lessons can we learn from rural transit about meeting riders where they are and getting creative with service? What challenges are unique to transit in rural areas, and which ones are shared by agencies of any size? Portland State University’s Transportation Research and Education Center joins Oregon Public Broadcasting to dive deep into rural transit.

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