They are also holding discussions with businesses to build cooperative programs that encourage employees to commute by bus. The payroll-deduction fare plans offered by DuPont are a good example. A new subscription bus service for downtown hotel employees is running with help from DuPont and government grants. Md. And in December DART will offer van service to communities along U.S. 40 to Fox Run Shopping Center, where commuters can transfer to other routes. Small bus connectors are the future of mass transit in this area.
Mass transit looks good for the first time in a long time.
But lawmakers can't lose sight of the fact that no public transportation system can survive nowadays on its own. Government must remain the driving engine behind it all.