But how would either fare against central Europe?The French plants might well be at the greater risk.
Facing the prospect of either fare hikes, service cuts or a combination of both, Metra has opted to employ a somewhat unusual strategy to improve its finances: the agency is bringing on so-called "observers" to discreetly ride train lines and watch if conductors collecting fares are ensuring no one grabs a free ride.
The main challenges facing mass transportation policymakers are the dispersal of development through suburban growth and increases in capital and operating costs, which require either higher fares, greater subsidies, or both.
The simultaneous Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll also found that 79percentt of Democrats support Obama — which, as Amy Walter of National Journal alone noticed, is slightly higher than either John Kerry and Al Gore fared on that same question (77percentt) in that same poll just before their conventions.
As Carl Sagan observed, "All civilizations become either space-faring, or extinct".
"For airline tickets, Priceline is good when you're up against a very high fare either because that particular route has high fares or it's a last-minute situation," Ms. Mexic said.
A1 Assessing M.T.A. Costs The Metropolitan Transit Authority needs either much higher fares, or billions of dollars in additional help, experts said.
Spending on transport in the capital will come under severe pressure with Transport for London fearing its revenue grant,which subsidises daily operations, will be axed before the end of the decade – and either driving up fares or cutting services.
Other funding comes from track access charges - either rail fares or revenue support payments from the government.
Network Rail is funded by a £3.5bn annual government grant and income from track access charges - either rail fares or revenue support payments from the government.
