According to a May 16th article by mass transit pundit Randal O'Toole (visiting fellow at Yale University and visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley), "A criteria for obtaining federal funding for transit construction projects during the Obama years has been whether a project will be accompanied by “transit-supportive economic development.” In Indianapolis for example, to improve chances of getting federal funding for a bus project, the Metropolitan Planning Organization prepared a transit-oriented development plan. Supposedly, encouraging people to live in such transit-oriented developments will increase transit ridership and reduce driving. In fact, there is little evidence that this is true." See the full article below.