Friday, June 22, 2012

Austerity-Crazed Republicans, Big Banks Are Killing Public Transportation | Common Dreams

Austerity-Crazed Republicans, Big Banks Are Killing Public Transportation | Common Dreams
"Yet, Republican-led austerity is pushing public transit, like most everything public, into severe fiscal and physical crisis. All at the very moment when we want and need it the most. Nationwide, 80% of mass transit systems either did move to boost fares and cut services or considered doing so in 2010, according to the most recent report from the American Public Transportation Association."