Earlier today, reports started circulating over on Reddit’s Google Maps sub about a problem with transit instructions, ...

MARION, Ill. (WSIL)-- The Rides Mass Transit District announces service and pricing changes district-wide. That includes ending its weekly route to St. Louis in August.

But it’s simply not true. Mass transit has long been touted as a draw, especially the younger generations that states and cities covet. Yet this belief is just that — not borne out by evidence.

At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, the US government stepped in with aid to keep mass transit agencies afloat. But that money is running out and ridership hasn’t rebounded. On today’s Big ...