MULTI-MODAL Mondays: The Hubbub's About Transit Hubs

Transit hubs are the latest thing; from Anaheim in southern California to Greensboro in North Carolina, hubs to aggregate transit, taxicab, auto and bicycle transportation are being built by the scores. Driving these mostly publicly-funded projects is a need to make transportation more efficient, and less costly to both the environment and travelers' wallets.

Home to Disneyland, Anaheim also sees frequent train service via Metrolink and Amtrak, at its train station, across from the Angels baseball team's stadium. The massive construction project opening in just two years will expand the footprint of the station many times over, and provide a place for area buses, cabs and carpools, to meet train riders.

Greensboro is rehabbing an older building downtown to serve as its hub. Amtrak sends two trains a day through the city.

Other cities building hubs include Burbank, Calif. (airport), Calgary, Alberta; Kalamazoo, Mich., New York City (World Trade Center); St. Paul, Minn., Cincinnati, Ohio, and Nashville, Tenn.