Durham lawyer Bo Glenn, who helped run a Triangle-wide study commission that developed the region's big plan for buses and trains, now is spearheading a western Triangle advocacy group to boost political prospects for regional transit.
Durham-Orange Friends of Transit has a cute nickname (DO-Transit) and a clunky web address (http://www.durhamorangefriendsoftransit.org), where Glenn is inviting felow travelers to sign up. Glenn was a vice chairman of the Special Transit Advisory Commission, which proposed more than 300 new buses and more than 50 miles of rail transit in a new long-range regional transit plan.
DO-Transit joins Karen Rindge's Wake-centered group, Capital Area Friends of Transit, in an effort to push for legislation -- already passed by the House and now before the Senate -- authorizing a local vote for a half-cent sales tax that would pay most of the cost of that transit plan.
Bruce Siceloff reports on traffic and transportation. A News & Observer reporter, editor and blogger since 1976, he took over the