Aabra Mastodon, PDX stereotype<p>Disturbing trend of cuts to mass <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transit</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bus</span></a> routes in US cities...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> : $200M debt, barely discussing using Fair Tax (aka the “rich bitch” tax) revenue.<br><a href="https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/05/07/mass-senate-budget-proposal-would-impose-major-transit-service-cuts" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mass.streetsblog.org/2025/05/0</span><span class="invisible">7/mass-senate-budget-proposal-would-impose-major-transit-service-cuts</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philadelphia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philadelphia</span></a> : $213M debt, 45% cuts.<br><a href="https://wwww.septa.org/news/septa-board-approves-fy26-budget/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wwww.septa.org/news/septa-boar</span><span class="invisible">d-approves-fy26-budget/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Portland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Portland</span></a> : $300M funding gap, 10% cuts coming... <br><a href="https://bikeportland.org/2025/07/23/trimet-service-cuts-will-start-in-november-395579" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bikeportland.org/2025/07/23/tr</span><span class="invisible">imet-service-cuts-will-start-in-november-395579</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chicago</span></a> : *1,200% return on investment* can't fight off $771M debt, 40% cuts.<br><a href="https://chi.streetsblog.org/2025/07/20/study-cutting-771-million-from-chicagolands-transit-budget-would-cost-illinois-economy-10-billion-a-year-why-is-that-even-on-the-table" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chi.streetsblog.org/2025/07/20</span><span class="invisible">/study-cutting-771-million-from-chicagolands-transit-budget-would-cost-illinois-economy-10-billion-a-year-why-is-that-even-on-the-table</span></a></p>