What’s Ailing Birmingham’s Public Transportation Industry?

| August 15, 2016 

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Public transportation has flailed in Birmingham since the departure of the head of the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority last October. There are several transformative projects currently in the works, but many feel those projects have lost momentum. The question now is where do we go from here? That’s where we start this week’s Magic City Marketplace. Ty West, editor of the Birmingham Business Journal, starts by explaining a little about some of the problems currently facing the BJCTA and public transportation.

 

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