MTA on Midday
Midday at noon Thursday (88.1 FM)
As gasoline prices hit $4 a gallon, more commuters in Maryland are leaving their cars and trucks at home and hopping a bus or train to work. As the Sun reported earlier this month, the Maryland Transit Administration wants to expand service on its long-distance bus lines from places as far-flung as Hagerstown, Kent Island and Ellicott City. Ridership on almost all forms of transit - including subway, city buses and light rail - is up in Maryland and across the nation. In the first hour of Midday, a talk about with Paul J. Wiedefeld, top man at the Maryland Transit Administration, about how the MTA is dealing with increased ridership and what’s ahead for public transportation in Maryland.
Comments and questions welcome at midday@wypr.org
Comments
The MTA wants to expand, sure, but they really ought to be ashamed of themselves for the existing bus service. I take the 8 express to and from work every day (at least, when it bothers to show up) and have to contend with 12-year-old buses that rain inside when it rains outside, grumpy drivers, etc. I complain regularly to the MTA, but they never dignify me with a response.
Someone please invent a transporter!
Posted by: Kathy | May 29, 2008 1:03 PM