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Many rail and bus riders use public transit out of necessity and may not have access to alternative transportation, said Michael Schneider of the Streets for All advocacy group.

“For most people that ride Metro … the household income is extremely low,” Schneider said.

Michael Schneider, founder of the nonprofit Streets for All, said L.A.’s budget crisis “is coming at the worst possible time.”

Schneider works for an online employee benefits platform, describing her benefits as, no surprise, “genuinely great”: one of the more lavish perks is a $1,000 monthly stipend that employees can apply to the company’s health insurance, or take as a lump sum to use “however we want.”

“The survey results don't surprise me at all,” Lauren Schneider, a 31-year-old working in public relations in State College, Pennsylvania, told Salon.