Bus boardings fell for a second month amid fears of immigration raids.
Los Angeles bus ridership is down slightly from June, when it dropped sharply due to widespread fears over immigration raid, reports Colleen Shalby in the Los Angeles Times. Latinos make up over 60 percent of Metro bus riders.
In July, Metro bus ridership dropped by close to 2 percent after declining by 13.5 percent in June. Meanwhile, rail ridership went up by 6.5 percent. “While it’s possible that concerns over safety have persisted as immigration raids continued to play out in the Los Angeles region, a drop in bus ridership from June to July in years past has not been uncommon, according to Metro data.”
June’s ridership was the lowest for a June since 2022, before ridership began recovering after the pandemic, prompting concerns about the agency’s health. “Metro, which recently approved a $9.4 billion budget, faces a deficit of more than $2.3 billion through 2030.”
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