public transit

From NPR.org, signs of the downturn in the economy:

Erik Cole, Chair of the Budget and Finance Committee in the Metro Council, said that the MTA Board has agreed to revisit later in the year, their decision to only keep two of the seven routes that were originally scheduled to be cut before the Council approved an extra $1MM in funding.

"HEY! Them benches er fer sittin, boy - not fer sleepin. Move along or go to jail."

Criminalizing the poor in one of America's vacation hotspots.....

Progressive Nashville points out that Metro doesn't need to spend any tax money on software that would rout public transit data so that people could Google their bus routes and other MTA information. That's right.

Jim Grinstead points to a new service by Google which makes it easier to plan your trips via public transportation and urges Nashville to join up:

Convenience and savings attract riders
By ANNE PAINE • Staff Writer (Tennessean)• March 12, 2008

Jim Grinstead reports that Freddie O’Connell has reached an impasse. As much as he would like to continue his life without an automobile, current circumstances have taken the decision out of his hands:

Update 1/15/2008: Buelterman was right about trolley system in the WAM.

Here's something extremely interesting - there are two other letters that support the selection of two other candidates published along with Jim Chittum's letter.

Fair enough - most people in Franklin don't even vote, much less support a can