This is a great piece in conjunction with "The Astounding Collapse of American B...

This is a great piece in conjunction with "The Astounding Collapse of American Bus Ridership" (http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2016/07/21/buses_in_new_...), which explains why bus policy is so often bad and even counterproductive.

In Seattle, transit ridership is up significantly because of grade-separated light rail: http://seattletransitblog.com/2016/07/16/link-ridership-up-8....