1.   And urban transit subsidies, for the most part, bolster the pay of transit workers.

2.   But the MTA rates higher than that when compared with other urban mass transit systems.

3.   General Motors, for instance, is first entering the hybrid race with buses aimed at urban transit departments.

4.   It took decades for urban transit systems to wrest even a penny of the federal gasoline tax to help localities rationalize the way people get to and from work.

5.   Muni could be the first large urban transit department to install the system.

6.   The bill increases spending for highways but curbs subsidies for Amtrak and urban mass transit systems.

7.   There was also a big cut in the transportation budget that may not sit well with Eastern Republicans who favor subsidies for urban mass transit.