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  • To date, five U.S. cities use BRT for parts of their public-transit systems.

    Buses Take Off, but Not Everybody Is On Board Pilar Conci 2011

  • Later this week, public-transit workers in the Greek capital, Athens, will stage the first of several planned rolling 24-hour strikes over the fresh austerity plans, while teachers are also planning a nationwide strike.

    Greece Cites 'Progress' in Talks, but No Deal Alman Granitsas 2011

  • Demotix Greek railway workers march Thursday in a 24-hour public-transit strike that led to snarled traffic in Athens.

    Greek Transit Workers Strike Alkman Granitsas 2011

  • The largest public-transit project in the U.S. would double train capacity, running nine miles from Secaucus to midtown Manhattan, near Macy's.

    Possible Reprieve for Train Tunnel Lisa Fleisher 2010

  • BERLIN—Germany's public-transit agencies are embracing smartphones, but so are fare dodgers.

    Fare Dodgers Take to Mobile Anton Troianovski 2011

  • It brought in $14.3 million, said Lauri Wingenroth, assistant public-transit director.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Light Rail Killing Another Transit System 2009

  • Officials planned to shut down New York's public-transit system ahead of the storm and gamblers were ordered out of casinos in Atlantic City, N.J., by 2 p.m.

    Jobs Exits; Irene Looms; Buffett Steps In 2011

  • In 2007, Google engineers asked public-transit agencies across the country to submit their arrival and departure data in a simple, standard, open format — a text file, basically, with a bunch of numbers separated by commas — so Google Maps could generate bus and subway directions.

    iGov 2009

  • Recently I met a young student at a public-transit stop who was commuting from Harold Washington Community College, where he goes to school, to his night job at a department-store warehouse.

    Chicago's Plan to Match Education With Jobs Rahm Emanuel 2011

  • In 2007, Google engineers asked public-transit agencies across the country to submit their arrival and departure data in a simple, standard, open format — a text file, basically, with a bunch of numbers separated by commas — so Google Maps could generate bus and subway directions.

    iGov 2009

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