Editorial: Federal bus rule is inflexible / The congressional delegation should help city schools
Source: Democrat & Chronicle (NY), August 1, 2007
Use available public transportation to help get kids to public schools. Makes sense right? Especially when doing so could save taxpayers money and focus more school dollars on student achievement.
Trouble is, the Federal Transit Administration doesn't see it that way. In a virtual replay of a lower-level ruling handed down last January, the FTA determined that a federally subsidized bus system such as the Rochester Genesee Regional Transit Authority must not compete against private contractors. Even when doing so would be cost-effective.