Whitey Ford
11-19-2019, 04:03 AM
Baltimore Taxpayers Fund Lyft-Rides For Inner-City Poor Facing "Food Deserts"
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With more than a quarter of all Baltimore City residents living in a food desert, meaning there's no supermarket in a walkable distance, the taxpayers are now funding a new program that will pay for their Lyft ride to the grocery store.
More than 146,000 Baltimore City residents live in food deserts, and approximately 124,500 of those residents are African Americans.
https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/baltimore-taxpayers-fund-lyft-rides-inner-city-poor-facing-food-deserts
Baltimore residents who live in food deserts can now take a subsidized Lyft ride to grocery store
Many in Robinson’s South Baltimore community live in what’s considered a food desert, a place without easy access to a supermarket, and where few people have cars.
Through a new partnership with Lyft, Baltimore officials are hoping to make it easier and cheaper to connect people in low-income neighborhoods with healthy food.
Starting Monday, people in areas of South and West Baltimore can register online with the ride-share company and get subsidized trips to participating grocery stores.
Baltimore is one of more than a dozen cities partnering with Lyft on the grocery access program. The company started the program last year in Washington, D.C., and approached Baltimore officials about trying it here.
The first six months of the pilot will cost $73,000, paid for with a combination of city dollars, grant money the city receives under state law from casino revenue, and a contribution from Lyft.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-pol-lyft-grocery-access-20191118-6wf65ioac5dh5hwjcq3trxzmsm-story.html
https://i.imgur.com/GJvCI9q.jpg
With more than a quarter of all Baltimore City residents living in a food desert, meaning there's no supermarket in a walkable distance, the taxpayers are now funding a new program that will pay for their Lyft ride to the grocery store.
More than 146,000 Baltimore City residents live in food deserts, and approximately 124,500 of those residents are African Americans.
https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/baltimore-taxpayers-fund-lyft-rides-inner-city-poor-facing-food-deserts
Baltimore residents who live in food deserts can now take a subsidized Lyft ride to grocery store
Many in Robinson’s South Baltimore community live in what’s considered a food desert, a place without easy access to a supermarket, and where few people have cars.
Through a new partnership with Lyft, Baltimore officials are hoping to make it easier and cheaper to connect people in low-income neighborhoods with healthy food.
Starting Monday, people in areas of South and West Baltimore can register online with the ride-share company and get subsidized trips to participating grocery stores.
Baltimore is one of more than a dozen cities partnering with Lyft on the grocery access program. The company started the program last year in Washington, D.C., and approached Baltimore officials about trying it here.
The first six months of the pilot will cost $73,000, paid for with a combination of city dollars, grant money the city receives under state law from casino revenue, and a contribution from Lyft.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-pol-lyft-grocery-access-20191118-6wf65ioac5dh5hwjcq3trxzmsm-story.html