At the same time as drivers are slamming their car doors and heading for the bus, the subway, and light rail, public transit is being slammed by higher fuel prices.  In some cases, as Ana Campoy and Alex Roth report in the Wall Street Journal, public transit services are actually being forced to cut service — particularly due to high diesel prices — at a time when ridership is ramping up.  Trains and buses from Rhode Island to San Diego are packed, and in Seattle, the public transit system is already $13 million in debt.  As everyone knows, a crisis is also an opportunity, but the story notes that "while the will for more public transit is evident, the way to secure federal funding isn’t."  Will public transit finally get traction on Capitol Hill?  Read Campoy and Roth here.  EH

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