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More Riders, High Costs: Transit’s Tough Dilemma

For Release Sunday, September 14, 2008
Citiwire.net
By Tom Downs
For public transit in America, 2008 has produced a vivid “best” and “worst” of times scenario.
After 50 years of sagging ridership and lost stature, buses and transit trains are back in heavy demand. Nationwide ridership is 4.5 percent higher than 2007, with some cities experiencing growth of [...]