LaVonna Connelly and Arun Prem
Recorded
January 17, 2025
43:15 minutes
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Description
Colleagues LaVonna Connelly [no age given] and Arun Prem (63) consider the COVID-19 pandemic through a transportation lens. They outline how Facilitating Access to Coordinated Transportation (FACT) successfully served San Diego county during lockdown, discuss the long-term impacts of pandemic collaborations, and emphasize that people are better off working together.Subject Log / Time Code
Arun Prem (AP) introduces Facilitating Access to Coordinated Transportation (FACT). He shares how he came to work in the transportation field.
AP discusses the Consolidated Transportation Services Agency (CTSA) mandate.
AP recalls what was going through his mind at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. He remembers struggling to separate his professional and personal concerns.
AP explains how FACT became San Diego's go-to agency for mobility by stepping in to help residents meet their everyday needs during lockdown.
AP describes FACT's pandemic partnerships, including those with 211 San Diego and the San Diego Food Bank.
LaVonna Connelly (LC) and AP appreciate transportation workers.
AP reflects on how the pandemic taught people that they're better off together. He considers how the government adjusted its work processes during this time.
AP considers the value of deliberation and flexibility.
AP shares that the pandemic taught him to appreciate life.
AP clarifies that the pandemic increased name recognition of FACT, but didn't necessarily increase public appreciation for transportation.
LC defines transportation as access to hope.
Participants
- LaVonna Connelly
- Arun Prem