Private ownership of vehicles is an environmentally detrimental luxury that not everyone has. Recognizing that both eco-conscious and poorer people have transportation needs, plans for the New Britain-Hartford Busway are expected to move forward this Friday. Who will use this? CERC puts the number of people commuting into the city at 37,720, and that’s only from the closest surrounding towns. That does not count the number commuting from Hartford to work elsewhere. Hopefully, public interest will defeat selfish desires and tempt many of those thousands to take advantage of improved public transportation.