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From KQED.

Welcome back to Forum.

I'm Rachel Myro.

The just approved American Rescue Plan includes around $1.7 billion for struggling public Bay Area Transit agencies.

The pandemic has forced agencies like BART and Muni to cut service.

The new funds help avoid further service cuts and also massive layoffs.

We'll hear how the agencies are likely to use the funds and whether

they'll be enough to reverse a massive ridership and budgetary crisis in the region's public transit scene.

Joining us now to talk about it is KQED's Dan Brecky. Dan, I guess it can't be said enough. Federal funds have really kept a lot of

these agencies afloat this past year. Well, it's really true. What we see is drastically cut

back service for a lot of the agencies. And, you know, for instance, Bart, we've almost gotten

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