But whether partnerships work has not always been easy to figure out. Pilot partnerships have gotten off the ground in cities ranging from Philadelphia to Monrovia, California—with Washington, D.C.’s transit agency becoming the latest to announce a program providing discounted rides to late-night workers. And while some local leaders say the experiments are successes, others say they don’t have the data necessary to fully assess the programs.
Yet transit experts don’t see the trend fading anytime soon, particularly in small municipalities.
