http://www.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2007/10/19/busy-week/ Mass Transit's editor, Fred Jandt, speaks weekly on critical issues facing the public transportation industry. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:22:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2007/10/19/busy-week/#comment-1629 Schuyler Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:25:37 +0000 http://www.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2007/10/19/busy-week/#comment-1629 Transit is just not taken seriously in this country. Oil and autos and trucking are, because they serve the interests of private INDUSTRY, that is, profit. Transit serves the interests of private CITIZENS, and they have little to no clout. It's even something that makes you seem a bit strange to your suburban neighbors when you extol the virtues of using transit and having one car for when you really need it. But we ARE out here. The blogs show that, even if we are, for the most part, talking to ourselves. Transit is just not taken seriously in this country. Oil and autos and trucking are, because they serve the interests of private INDUSTRY, that is, profit. Transit serves the interests of private CITIZENS, and they have little to no clout. It’s even something that makes you seem a bit strange to your suburban neighbors when you extol the virtues of using transit and having one car for when you really need it. But we ARE out here. The blogs show that, even if we are, for the most part, talking to ourselves.

]]> http://www.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2007/10/19/busy-week/#comment-1620 daver Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:19:11 +0000 http://www.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2007/10/19/busy-week/#comment-1620 Yea in Milwaukee we have at 91.5 million dollars of federal money dedicated for mass transit sitting around for something like 15 years because nobody can agree how to spend it. Yea in Milwaukee we have at 91.5 million dollars of federal money dedicated for mass transit sitting around for something like 15 years because nobody can agree how to spend it.

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