Reply #8: City transit division provides bulk of revenue, riders and reasons for existence.

[harlinchi]

Suburban transit division and regional rail lines get subsidized by city transit division. Philadelphia has, I think, 2 out of thirteen or fifteen board members though while the Suburbs get the rest.

Suburbs seek 'regionalization' on transit 'cause it benefits them. Suburbs detest 'regionalization' on everything else 'cause it would benefit the city.

James Carvell (when he was on the side of the people, I think) said of Pennsylvania, "In PA, there's Philly and there's Pittsburgh. In between there's nothing but Alabama." While the state is slowly changing (it may not be Alabama in between but Virginia!), we've got miles to go before we sleep!