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...clutch of the nation's largest cities, mass-transit systems-already rumbling toward hell-have never seemed closer to that infernal destination...
Plagued by crumbling equipment, dismal service and deepening deficits, several cities boosted fares this month just to keep their systems sputtering along. As a further sign that there may be no light at the end of the mass-transit tunnel, the Administration promises to phase out by 1985 federal operating subsidies for bus and rail systems, now running at $1.1 billion a year and making up 13% of total costs...
...same time, the New York Transit Authority is proposing to cut back its maintenance program and curtail service. The city's subways are already a Stygian underworld, with filthy, overcrowded trains careening at high speeds one moment, then stalling for eternities with lights out and passengers steaming...
...mistakes, the final fight on the House floor provided a fair index of the philosophic differences between the Administration and its Democratic opponents. By the time that battle began, Congressmen of both parties had agreed to make about 85% of the 1982 budget cuts Reagan sought, slashing urban mass transit subsidies, long-term unemployment compensation and milk for nursing mothers, among many other programs. But the majority of Democrats fought hard to limit reductions in some major "entitlement" programs, which provide benefits for anyone who meets certain qualifications. The defenders were overridden by a coalition of Republicans and conservative Southern...
Critics accuse Bradley of not doing enough to promote mass transit in the city of freeways...