European Pressphoto Agency Police in front of graffiti reading 'Free Public Misery' during a protest in Athens on Thursday, amid strikes by public-transport workers, taxi drivers and teachers. ❋ Stephen Fidler (2011)
Mr. Ortega has used the Venezuelan money to strengthen an already potent political machine while funding social programs such as Zero Hunger, which gives away chickens and cows, and Zero Usury, which provides cheap loans, as well as public-transport subsidies and free mammograms and cardiograms. ❋ José De Córdoba (2011)
Many people are still struggling to survive, and many can't get out of their small towns, now that the region's public-transport system is in shambles. ❋ Eric Bellman (2011)
They caused disruptions, notably in the public-transport and education systems. ❋ David Gauthier-Villars (2010)
The measures included an unpopular plan to reduce social-security spending, cut unemployment benefits and increase public-transport prices. ❋ Patricia Kowsmann (2011)
Hong Kong is the anti-L.A.: densely packed, a public-transport paragon. ❋ Jeff Chu (2012)
At the kick-off this week, a strike of the vaporetto —the public-transport system on water—unleashed solidarity among the early crowds who shared water taxis from one exhibition to the next. ❋ Christina Passariello (2011)
The new proposals follow cuts in spending on the health and education sectors, sharp rises in public-transport fees, substantial increases in fuel taxes and a temporary income-tax increase in 2011, all of which were announced earlier this year to meet this year's deficit targets. ❋ Patricia Kowsmann (2011)
The new proposals follow cuts in spending on the health and education sectors, sharp rises in public-transport fees, substantial increases in fuel taxes and a temporary income-tax increase in 2011, all of which were announced earlier this year to meet current deficit targets. ❋ Patricia Kowsmann (2011)
Some public-transport employees, meanwhile, have been on a rolling strike for nearly a week, some gasoline pumps are running dry because of strikes at all 12 of France 's refineries, while protest marches were organized on Saturday and more are scheduled for Tuesday. ❋ David Gauthier-Villars (2010)
Either way, the combination of Beltway vanity and New Jersey public-transport inefficiency argues for a simple but long-overdue reform: no more taxpayer dollars for buildings, bridges, institutes or other public works named for a sitting U.S. congressman or senator. ❋ William McGurn (2011)
ATHENS—Thousands of Greek public-transport workers walked off the job Thursday in a 24-hour strike over new austerity measures, a day after the government approved fresh budget cuts to appease the country's international creditors. ❋ Alkman Granitsas (2011)
The poll showed that 52% of the French public even support the public-transport strikes. ❋ Art Mooradian (2010)
"If you add in the public-transport sector, that number could be one million metric tons" a year of increased demand, Mr. Liebbrandt said. ❋ Tatyana Shumsky (2011)
Thousands of students took to the streets in cities across Italy while teachers, airline staff and public-transport workers went on strike. ❋ Christopher Emsden (2011)
"A very large capital-works program may be required if the government is to deliver the improved public-transport promised during the election campaign, and this may pressure the AAA," said Mr. Johnson. ❋ Geoffrey Rogow (2011)
In France, a strike by airport-security personnel stretched into its seventh day, while in London, football club Arsenal postponed its Boxing Day game against Wolverhampton Wanderers by 24 hours because of a planned public-transport strike. ❋ Matthew Dalton (2011)
Octopus is owned by a consortium of Hong Kong's public-transport operators, including rail operator ❋ Unknown (2010)
The approach from Deutsche Bahn came weeks after Arriva said talks had ended with state-owned French company Sociéeté Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français, or SNCF, about a possible merger with France's public-transport operator Keolis. ❋ Jessica Hodgson (2010)
