JASON YOUNG GOT up at 4am Friday. It was his daughter’s birthday, so he’d taken the early shift at the Giant Food grocery store in Silver Spring, Maryland, where he manages the seafood department. Most of his colleagues drive to work, but Young doesn’t have a car, so he commutes from his home in Southeast Washington, DC on the Metro. On good days, it’s a 45-minute trip. Track work and delays can nearly double that. When Young wants to get to work by 7 am, it means waking up in the wee hours. But as the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority cuts service in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, Young says leaving home early may not be enough.
