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Title: NYC transit agency adopts fare hikes, service cuts (AP)
Post by: riky on March 26, 2009, 02:02:00 AM
NYC transit agency adopts fare hikes, service cuts
    (AP)

 



<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090325/capt.e28309ba618a493588f75f5950ad4f7b.nyc_transit_woes_nyma103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=HgCAF3rgxmpTYsAXkrzITw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Larry Hellenberg, of Manhattan, buys a MetroCard at the Union Square subway station, Wednesday, March 25, 2009 in New York.  The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is voting Wednesday on fare increases that would raise the cost of a single ride on New York City buses and subways to $2.50. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090325/ap_on_re_us/nyc_transit_woes)AP - Officials running the nation's largest mass transit system voted Wednesday to impose steep fare hikes and painful service cuts to close a $1.2 billion budget gap.</p><br clear="all"/>


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