PA: Transit Is ‘A Human Right’ And ‘Civil Right.’ Port Authority CEO Reflects On Her First Few Months

Katharine Kelleman started work as Port Authority’s chief executive the first week of January, but she began immersing herself in the system well before. 

Kelleman said the Port Authority has a responsibility to connect people.

“Transit is a human right and it’s a civil right,” she said. “Everything in our city and everything in our region is dependent on you being able to access it.”

Kelleman inherited a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) plan, a proposal to enforce cashless fare payment on the T and complications around ConnectCard machines, all of which have caused concern among riders who worry about how changes may affect low-income or fixed-income riders.

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