Bush plan will raise costs for travelers across transit
Analysis says Bush administration aims to fund a sweeping transportation plan through higher airline and aviation fees, reduced mass transit subsidies, Amtrak cuts, and expanded tolls and taxes. Officials say congestion relief is a decade or more away, with users footing the bill now.
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Critics clash over Bush transport plan for states costs
Governors and officials from Massachusetts, Illinois, Texas, Michigan, Georgia and New York challenge President Bush's Moving America Into The 21st Century proposal. They push to release billions from Highway and Aviation Trust Funds and demand more federal spending while praising increased state flexibility and user fees.
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Bus strikers honor dead coworker amid Greyhound walkout
In Dallas and at Greyhound terminals nationwide, striking workers held memorials for a colleague killed during picketing as the two-week disruption expands. Union officials coordinated candle vigils, demonstrations, and quiet assemblies while management hires replacements, a shift in labor strategy noted by experts.
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