Mass transit investment now pays off later, advocate says

ST. PETERSBURG — Britten Cleveland graduated from college hoping to work in a big city where she could live without a car.

 

Instead, her first job as a community organizer for the Sierra Club landed her in Pinellas. The county’s threadbare bus network made it almost impossible for the 29-year-old to get around without a car, the cost of which now eats a hefty $400 per month out of her paycheck.