30 years of #transit projects shovel-ready. See the map.

Mapped: How Federal Funding Fails to Match Demand for Transit in the U.S. | Streetsblog Capitol Hill: "Reconnecting America found strong demand for transit projects around the country but a dearth of federal support for such projects. “There is a huge backlog of federal funding through the New Starts program,” the organization says. If all of the transit projects in this map were funded through the federal New Starts Program at the current spending rate, it would take 73 years to fund them all."

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Traffic avoiding traffic

It seems the killer app for your Garmin nüvi is something they call "traffic avoidance." If this isn't a textbook example of tragedy of the commons, I don't know what is.

Guest commentary: Public transportation can be life-changer for region | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

Buses wait for passengers at the Rosa Park Transit Center in Detroit last week, following a work stoppage by bus drivers over safety concerns. / WILLIAM ARCHIE/Detroit Free Press

Guest commentary: Public transportation can be life-changer for region | Detroit Free Press | freep.com: "Momentum is building toward creating a network of connected, convenient public transportation options throughout Michigan. Success will mean a huge and sustained injection of vitality to businesses, downtowns and hundreds of thousands of residents for whom alternatives to personal vehicle ownership are limited."

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Without buses, rail will fail

Jeff Gerritt: With buses turmoil and Detroit in crisis, Bing could learn from Coleman Young | Detroit Free Press | freep.com: "But rail and rapid transit buses won’t mean a thing if leaders can’t get basic bus service right. That's the top job now. You have to crawl before you can walk. "

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