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Australia: Hundreds protest Sydney bus route cuts Around 400 residents of Sydney’s eastern suburbs gathered in Randwick on May 30 to protest looming cuts to bus services in the area. The proposed changes, which include cutting 25 routes and modifying another 23, are part of the state Liberal-National government’s preparations for the privatisation of Region 9, one of the few remaining parts of Sydney with state-operated buses. Bids for the eight-year contract to operate bus services in Regi...

DART shut LRT service down on Feb. 14. Photo courtesy DART Most of the rail transit in Texas fell under Old Man Winter’s one-two punch of snow and bitter cold over most of the state, as it was gripped by historically low temperatures. As temperatures warmed up (into the 60s during the week of Feb. 21) and the snow melted, rail transit has returned to full service in Texas and as far north as St. Louis. Trinity Railway Express (TRE), which runs trains between Dallas and Fort Worth, was the fir...