Images 1

The Enterprise — Michael Koff

“Highest volume here at Crossgates,” says Carm Basile, chief executive officer for the Capital District Transportation and president of the New York Public Transit Association last Thursday morning at Crossgates Mall in Guilderland, describing passengers who ride buses to and from the mall. CDTA has proposed a transit center at Crossgates for the new bus rapid transit line it hopes to install over the next five years. CDTA held the Stand Up 4 Transportation rally to urge Congress to renew funding for the federal transportation bill, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), which expires at the end of May. Basile went on to say that CDTA has over 17 million riders so far this year.