31.   But with the elimination of two-fare zones, transit officials say they think they have a way to reverse the trend.

32.   But transit officials said that whatever city officials believed was happening the situation was fairly routine until passengers created a crisis by going onto the tracks.

33.   Current and former transit officials say that the mayor is right in principle, but that the savings from such changes would be relatively small.

34.   Either way, transit officials said, the wallet ended up with customer service specialist Sheri Smith.

35.   Even so, transit officials appeared to be hedging their bets.

36.   Even so, transit officials, who had based their financial planning for the next few years on the fare increase, seemed to be thrilled by the rulling.

37.   Fischler has trouble shaking a feeling that, in their admirable concern for safety, transit officials have overreacted.

38.   Firefighters and transit officials evacuated the passengers on the B train, including a few people who were carried out on stretchers.

39.   Federal District Court Judge Harvey Bartle ruled in August that transit officials had acted within their rights.

40.   Figures for the numbered lines are still being compiled, but transit officials say they expect similar results.