Paul Comfort has recently released Conversations on Equity and Inclusion in Public Transportation, where we hear from twenty top public transportation officials from across America and Australia discussing practical steps on how they are improving their services and providing more equity and inclusion both in their agencies and the communities they serve.
Key topics in this conversation include:
- Key trends in public transportation that Paul is watching heading into 2023
- How Paul sought input from 20 influential transportation leaders regarding E & I
- One of the unexpected ways in which equity and inclusion can be realized in public transportation
Listen here:
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Links:
- https://www.amazon.com/Conversations-Equity-Inclusion-Public-Transportation-ebook/dp/B0BG8TBPHS
- https://www.transitunplugged.com/
- https://paulcomfort.org/
- www.futureofpublictransportation.com
About Paul:
Paul Comfort is a veteran of the transit and government industries having risen to the top of both fields. After 25 years working in both management and business development for public and private transit agencies, Maryland Governor Hogan appointed Mr. Comfort as CEO of the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) where he served heading one of the top 12 transit systems in America with bus, light rail, subway, commuter train, commuter bus and paratransit services. He also oversaw the rebranding and reboot of the Baltimore Link bus system, the development of the $5 billion P3 Purple Line Light Rail system near DC and the launch of America’s first public transit FM radio station (WTTZ – FM 93.5).
Mr. Comfort also served as County Administrator for two counties in Maryland (Charles and Queen Anne) and was elected as Queen Anne’s County Commissioner in 2016. He also has served as President of the Transportation Association of Maryland and the Maryland County Administrators Association.
With his strong background in media and transportation, Mr. Comfort now hosts one of world’s most popular transportation podcasts, Transit Unplugged, with interviews of Transit CEOs, heard in 99 countries.
Mr. Comfort’s books on Public Transportation have hit #1 New Best Seller status on Amazon. He also is a published author of numerous articles published in magazines such as Governing Magazine, Mass Transit Magazine, METRO Magazine, Intelligent Transport, Business.Com and AXIOS news service. He has appeared on many television and radio news programs and speaks on Leadership and Transit Trends at conferences and agencies/companies around the world.
About the book:
In Conversations on Equity and Inclusion in Public Transportation, we hear from twenty top public transportation officials from across America and Australia discussing practical steps on how they are improving their services and providing more equity and inclusion both in their agencies and the communities they serve.
The Covid pandemic provided transit agencies an opportunity to reflect on our core mission. Would our agencies and the government entities that fund them continue to be almost solely focused on ridership increases or would they now focus on more fundamental missions such as providing mobility and access to opportunities for all, including traditionally underserved communities?
This book explores the new reality where transit agencies are putting the focus back on the rider and improving equity and inclusion for all. It also examines the new move toward zero fares and utilizing micro transit as a safety net. The book shows how public transit is really now about more than just transporting passengers from A to B as it is becoming a vehicle to improve overall society.
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