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TJ Cox: We cannot afford a death spiral of disinvestment and declining service for the transit system that gets our federal…

On the recordApril 30, 2019
We cannot afford a death spiral of disinvestment and declining service for the transit system that gets our federal workforce to work each day.
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TJ Cox
California

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Cox emphasizes the need for federal investment in transit to avoid service decline.

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