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MY TURN: Small cities, like ours, deserve reliable and safe public transit too

by THERESA MORAN/Guest Opinion
| August 8, 2025 1:00 AM

When we talk about public transit in America, the conversation usually centers on the usual suspects: New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, maybe Portland or Washington, D.C. And for good reason — millions of people in these metropolitan hubs rely on subways, buses and trains every day. 

But, in focusing so heavily on the transportation needs of our largest cities, we’re often ignoring smaller cities and towns, like Coeur d'Alene, where safe and reliable transit is just as essential as big cities like New York City, but is often nonexistent, underfunded or treated as an afterthought.

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