The blog The Transport Politic, always does an excellent job highlighting transit and federal transportation policy issues. With the TIA vote coming closer, the blog discusses the project today and the various decisions that are being made in the projects. It’s a good read, but the best part about it is the map that accompanies the article. The blog always produces great maps, and this one is excellent with its ability to convey information about proposed corridors and what is being funded under the TIA.
The map displays well the transit projects that are desired for Atlanta along with what is currently available and being built. But looking closely at the detail, the portions of these corridors that are being funded under the TIA are outlined, with numbers that are referenced in a key regarding how much each project costs. These outlines of the portions of the corridors are a simple and effective way to show the reader what is and is not funded. In the figure below, one can see that the entire BeltLine and Clifton Corridor are drawn, but only the portions that would be built with the initial TIA funds are highlighted in blue.
I firmly believe that when it comes to policy making decisions related to mass transport specially buses governments and administrations have always fall short.
Even in cities like Delhi(India) were Public Transport Buses is 3% of the total vehicles on the road .,It carries a whopping 70% of the total passengers.