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MTA board eliminates subsidy for LI Bus
Photo credit: Newsday / Howard Schnapp | Long Island Bus. The MTA wants to unload the service, leaving Nassau County to face a $26 million expense. (June 23, 2009)
Options for Long Island Bus
Commuters frustrated with MTA cuts
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Funding for Long Island Bus was not included in the $12-billion budget for 2011 passed Wednesday by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board.
The action was expected, as the MTA and Nassau County officials are negotiating about a plan under which the county would gradually assume the cost of operating its bus service, which serves about 100,000 riders daily.
Nonetheless, a spokesman...
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