The solution to poverty, which plagues many families in our community, is jobs — good jobs — and public transportation plays a key role in achieving that solution. I hope that as COTA reviews its service map and schedules, it will pay close attention to the needs of reverse commuters going to work from the Near East Side to Easton, from Weinland Park to Polaris, and from the South Side to Rickenbacker Business Park, as well as to the needs of suburban riders headed to Broad and High.

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