The Christian Science Monitor reports that city transit systems across the country are struggling. Nearly all ?large public transit agencies are in tough fiscal straits,? the paper notes, a fact that ought to be of some interest to policymakers in Charlotte, the Triangle, and the Triad intent on replicating the same mistakes here.
The best passage in the piece:
Flat or declining revenue, combined with big increases for fuel and labor costs and, in some places, declining ridership, has created cash-strapped agencies and a rash of fare hikes and service cuts.
It’s a situation that has public-transit advocates crying for more funding . . .
Yes, of course.
