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Public transport workers on a 24-hour strike in Portugal

Lisbon - Because of efforts by the Portuguese Government to downsize the public transport system in that country, workers began a 24 hour strike, just prior to midnight on Wednesday 1 February 2012.

In the Media by Anne Sewell

Mass transit riders up 4% in U.S., infrastructure money debated

With Detroit's automotive manufacturing in a bottomless hole and 2008's peek at where U.S. gasoline prices can return in the future, a new infrastructure funding debate emerges in the face of a new report that shows mass-transit up 4 per cent nationally.

In the Media by Michael Krebs

Women-Only Buses In Mexico City A Huge Hit

After a week of trial runs, Mexico City's transportation authority, the RTP, formally launched a public transit program on January 21 to exclude men from riding certain city buses designated as women-only.

In the Media by J Ocean Dennie - 6 comments

Google Upgrades Coverage of Public Transportation

Cool, I never knew they had this... It will be nice when they get all the major cities implemented...

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Assault halts Brussels transport

Belgium plans to beef up security on public transport after a fatal attack on a transport inspector brought Brussels trains and buses to a halt.

VIDEO: Thousands in Greece go on strike

Public transport and ports have ground to a halt in Greece as two of the country's largest public-sector unions strike in protest at continuing austerity.

Tallinn offers free public travel

The mayor of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, says that the city will offer free public transport across its bus and tram network from 2013.

Paralympian faced crawl off train

Baroness Grey-Thompson calls for better public transport services for disabled people after revealing she had to crawl off a train in London because assistance failed to arrive.

AUDIO: How to spot a subway rat

The BBC's Matt Wells reports from the Subway in New York where a the transport workers union has launched a public awareness campaign of the issue of rats which they blame on job cutbacks.