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Public transportation will be more crowded and more expensive this year as big-city transit systems across the country respond to severe budget pressures.
Funding from state and local governments -- a key part of budgets for transit systems -- has been cut and ridership is down overall, prompting transit officials to trim service and raise fares at a time when many customers are pinched themselves.
