Southern California’s transit agencies need to evolve

Despite more people living and working in California, mass transit ridership continues to decline. The problem is particularly severe in Orange County, where transit ridership is down 30 percent since 2008.
The Eno Center for Transportation found that between 2014 and 2016, transit ridership dropped in all but seven of the country’s largest urban areas. Cutbacks in transit service are the top reason for the decline nationally. Rail cutbacks, such as running fewer trains per hour or closing