A $4 million shortfall in the Birmingham Jefferson County Transit Authority (a.k.a. the folks responsible for our MAX bus system) has the potential to do just by causing them to cut Saturday service and downtown DART service among other things. Check out the Birmingham News’ story so you have an idea of what’s going on [...]

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Mayor Langford speaks to students at Phillips Academy during Wachovia’s Way2Save event on April 22. acnatta/Flickr.
Larry Langford’s been a busy individual this morning. Here he’s seen talking to area school children during today’s Wachovia Way2Save event. Representatives from four area schools each received $2,000 for their scholarship funds at the event. The mayor spent most [...]

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Among the improvements being made to the regional transit system in the near future (due in part to Mayor Larry Langford’s $9 million pledge earlier this year) is the start of a shuttle that would connect downtown Birmingham, AL with its international airport. Similar services currently exist in many regional cities. No word on the [...]

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Screenshot of book cover. Courtesy of Strange Maps.
Based on the some of the comments included in this morning’s Birmingham News story about new MAX chairman Brian Hamilton, it may happen sooner than we think.
This is an image from a promotional e-card going around for a new book about cities around the world with existing [...]

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Well, you may not think so yet (and you probably may not think so after reading my commentary about it today), but there are some joys to having reliable mass transit. Perhaps the better question to ask today is , “Are you ready to ride?“
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Photo credit: André Natta
Wouldn’t it be great if we had some sort of rapid transit connecting the BJCC/downtown with UAB/Five Points South? It’s actually in the works, and you have a chance to be part of the planning process this coming week.
According to this article by Eddie Lard on al.com, the In-Town Transit Partnership Project [...]

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It appears that Councilman (and mayoral candidate) William Bell’s question about whether or not the transit rate hike that went into effect on Monday morning being legal has led to good news for passengers and questions of timing by those running against him for the mayor’s office.
The Birmingham Jefferson County Transit Authority’s board yesterday voted [...]

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