Transit Flush With Cash After Federal Pandemic Bailout, but What Happens Next?

Workers walk past an Amtrak train along the platform at Chicago Union Station in Chicago on March 2, 2022. Luke Sharrett/AFP via Getty Images

Data from the Federal Transit Administration sheds light on how the COVID-19 lockdown crippled public transportation in the U.S.

As passengers abandoned public transit during the lockdown, many systems were kept alive by the $69.5 billion the federal government gave transit agencies throughout the country in three relief packages.