Contents MARCH 2022 12 COVID-19 Recovery: Riders are Coming Back but Where are the Drivers? While the world is learning to live with COVID-19, agencies are struggling to meet new service demands due to an industry-wide labor shortage. FEATURES 16 Turning a BRT Line into a Successful Network C-TRAN and Metro Transit offer examples of how expanding a BRT line to a network offers a host of opportunities to bring better service, improved efficiency and better cost-effectiveness. 20 Capital Programs Strike Steady Pace Transit agencies with rail networks are continuing investments to maintain, modernize and expand their systems. 24 16 FOLLOW US FACEBOOK facebook.com/MassTransit TWITTER @MassTransitmag On the Cover: 172955271 | alejandrosoto | Getty Images 4 | Mass Transit | MassTransitmag.com | MARCH 2022 LINKEDIN linkedin.com/company/11303271 28 How the Village of Bedford Park and Uber Connect People to Jobs Partnering with the private sector generated demand for transit by providing improved last-mile and late-night connections. 28 Sound Transit Driving Consensus Against All Odds Compromise on this scale should be impossible; fortunately, no one told the project team.http://www.facebook.com/MassTransit http://www.twitter.com/MassTransitmag http://www.linkedin.com/company/11303271 http://www.MassTransitmag.com