Two sprawling sunbelt cities are making their transit systems work, even while ridership in the big 7 is falling

Phoenix and Houston redesigned their bus networks, and it WORKED. 


"Transit ridership fell in 31 of 35 major metropolitan areas in the United States last year, including the seven cities that serve the majority of riders...(New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, D.C., San Francisco, Boston and Philadelphia)

Exceptions to the trend: Seattle, Phoenix and Houston, which either expanded transit coverage and boosted service or underwent ambitious network overhauls, as in Houston’s case."

More service, more riders? Who'da'thunk? 

Not saying more service is the cure: Service in the right amounts, in the proper places is what is proper.