New England officials gather for transportation summit

Politicians and mass transit advocates from New England and New York state are in Springfield today talking about ways to connect the region with public transportation.

They say roads and highways are so jammed with cars that it makes sense to use other modes of transportation. There's already a plan underway to link Springfield and Hartford with a commuter train, and the officials say they want to use more public transportation to ease the congestion in eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Peter Picknelly -- who runs the Springfield-based Peter Pan bus line -- says he's worried that too much attention is being given to trains. He says buses are a more cost-effective way of moving people through the region.

The people at today's so-called transportation summit agreed there's a need to be a way to connect and coordinate bus and train routes
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