(Source:  PBS’ Blue Print America)

This afternoon I received a couple of alerts  from PBS’s Blue Print America.  There first report is about the Budgetary Issues facing transit agencies:   

As the economy has slumped, Americans have increasingly turned to mass transit, putting new pressure on transit agencies. In a new report for the “Blueprint America” series, correspondent Rick Karr examines the budgetary issues facing public transit.

Click here to view the video report. 

The second report focused on the subject of how the financial meldown has added to the woes of the transit agencies. The excerpt reads:

Amid the country’s economic crisis, some public transit agencies have found themselves linked to complex financial deals that have since soured. Rick Karr reports in the latest installment for the “Blueprint America” series on infrastructure on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.

Click here to watch the video report.