Topic: Mass Transit Systems
"Dire" NY MTA finances may mean another fare hike
Reuters US Online Report Domestic News
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The financial problems confronting New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority are so "dire" that straphangers might be hit with a fare hike this year, one year sooner than planned. Chairman Jay Walder, speaking at a Webcast news conference on Wednesday after a board meeting, said that while ...
Monorail officials thinking beyond crushing debt
Las Vegas Sun
Even as the Las Vegas Monorail goes through bankruptcy proceedings, its proponents are touting possible futures for it. Their hopes are tied to the Regional Transportation Commission and extending the monorail to McCarran International Airport. One scenario would involve financial backing from China. Another is to get Federal Transit Administration ...
2 workers killed in latest DC-area track accident
AP News
<div id="subtitle">2 workers for Metro rail line hit, killed on DC-area track in latest in string of fatalities</div><div><p>Two veteran workers on the Washington area's transit system were crushed by a maintenance truck Tuesday, the latest ...
Ridership slump costs New York transit authority $100 million
Reuters US Online Report Domestic News
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority carried 75 million fewer riders in the first 10 months of 2009 as employers cut jobs, costing the agency over $100 million of revenue, a report said Thursday.</p><p>"People ...
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