Mass transit having mass blowout

A perfect storm of rising gas prices, cost-conscious riders and state funding cuts have the Bay Area’s BART and other mass transit systems around the country worried that newer riders, frustrated by crowded buses, light rail trains and subways, will
head back to their cars.


Barney Frank, who, while not as at fault in the meltdown in the ways McCain claimed a couple of weeks ago, nonetheless isn’t Joe Six-Pack’s best friend vs. Wall Street, is talking about loosening mark-to-market rules, for example.

And, why does the House need a special committee? If this thinks outside narrow committee lines, surely there’s a way to hold either formal or informal joint committee meetings.