WEBVTT KEVIN: RIGHT NOW, SACRAMENTO'S FARES ARE TIED FOR THE THIRD HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY ... STEVE HENSON TOLD ME HE HASN'T Which city has the most expensive transit fares in the U.S.?

The first fare-free public transit program in the United States started during the 1970s, but the concept has gotten a push ... budget shortfalls threaten service cuts, layoffs and fare hikes.

In addition, the prolonged economic downturn has ... fare increases and service cuts. New York’s is by no means the only system facing fiscal disaster. In the third largest US city, the Chicago ...

Pittsburgh Regional Transit is recommending ... County already has some of the highest fares in the nation,” Brown said. “This fare increase will move us to the fifth-highest fare in the ...

In Sacramento, transit officials and community leaders have cited a number of reasons for the decline, including the fact that SacRT’s service ... a crackdown on fare evaders has helped boost ...

Fares were last increased in 2015, which put commuter rail fares among the highest in the nation ... If there is a shortfall, NJ Transit has few choices: cut service, hike fares or dip into ...

"This has been a long time coming, and Allegheny County deserves better than us constantly ... high fares to some of the highest in the nation," Kelleman said. The proposal would cut service ...

and public subsidy of transit fares became the norm across the United States. Since then, the price of a transit ride has been a permanently politicized number. The political focus on the fare ...

Want to take NJ Transit for free? Now is your chance. Gov. Phil Murphy announced a transit fare holiday for all ... The River LINE light rail service has also not been meeting its performance ...

With a looming budget crisis hitting NJ Transit ... service “to the highest demand customers” but not leave “customers on the lower demand lines behind,” officials said. NJ Transit already ...