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July 24: Aging Transit Systems Face Budget Crunch from The New York Times
- More riders, aging mass transit systems and inadequate money for maintenance and upgrades - a familiar story line for commuters and those faced with the task of keeping the trains running. What is new this summer is that the problems are making headlines again, in part because of an extended heat wave that has smothered so much of the country. It would take $77.7 billion just to get the country's public transit systems into shape, according to a report released last week by the Federal Transit Administration. By comparison, the report stated, the entire amount spent on rehabilitating and reinvesting in public transit nationwide in 2008 was $12 billion to $13 billion.
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