MTC, CARB, TransForm Unveil New Mobility Hub at Affordable Housing Complex
- Date: 05/02/2024
Residents of the Betty Ann Gardens Apartments in San Jose’s Berryessa district today celebrated the opening of a new mobility…
Two-thirds of community and technical college campuses in Virginia are within a half-mile walking distance of a public transit stop.
For the remaining third, students traveling by public transit must walk more than half a mile to reach campus, with a quarter of all Virginia campuses located more than four and a half miles from the closest stop.
“Training for hands-on professions like nursing or welding requires in-person instruction,” said Abigail Seldin, co-founder of the Civic Mapping Initiative, the group that collected the data on Virginia in hopes of improving accessibility for students. “And, as we learned from the pandemic, high-speed internet is not yet available to all students at home. If states want to fill these high-demand jobs, transit access to community and technical college campuses needs to be a priority.”
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