Monica Mallon

Founder, Turnout4Transit

Transportation Columnist

Column contributed first Thursday every other month

Monica Mallon is a Santa Clara County advocate and lifelong transit rider. She first got involved in transit advocacy when she was a student at San Jose State and transit route cuts were being proposed. She later went on to work in Transportation Demand Management at San Jose State.

During the pandemic when severe transit cuts were being proposed, Monica started Turnout4Transit, a transit advocacy group, to mobilize people to save transit.

Monica is a recent San Jose State graduate and lives in Cambrian in unincorporated Santa Clara County where she is the chair of the Cambrian Community Council.

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March 6, 2025March 5, 2025by Monica Mallon

Mallon: Transit projects require patience

As someone who’s spent nearly a decade advocating for transit, patience is one of the biggest lessons I’ve learned. When I first got involved, I was a young college student who wanted everything to happen as quickly as possible. However, as time has progressed, I’ve learned big ideas, major projects and even service improvements often...

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January 2, 2025January 2, 2025by Monica Mallon

Mallon: How can we make progress on transit during another Trump presidency?

As a transit advocate and writer, I’ve been getting asked how the incoming Trump administration will impact transit. It’s natural for transit supporters to be concerned about the the future of public transit as President-elect Donald Trump returns to office. Unlike President Joe Biden, who commuted on Amtrak for decades and is often viewed as...

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November 7, 2024November 7, 2024by Monica Mallon

Mallon: Silicon Valley bus ridership has recovered

Four and a half years ago when the pandemic started, I was a transit-dependent college student, unsure of how the pandemic would impact my future. At the time, transit was my connection to everything: school, work and everywhere I needed to go. But when COVID hit and changed the world overnight, I was forced to...

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