Not Just for the Poor

I recently discovered the Seattle Transit Blog and it is great. Today Martin summarized a podcast by Atlantic writer Megan McArdle about national transportation planning. In my 3rd year without an automobile mass transit is a subject near and dear to my heart and I follow the movements of Sound Transit and Pierce Transit closely. The article discusses an element of Puget Sound region mass transit that I’ve always felt but never vocalized. From Martin’s post:

transit here is not viewed as something that just poor people take.