Arizona Republic:  “The Phoenix transit staff says the city can no longer afford its $5.2 million system of free neighborhood circulator buses and should get rid of the program by July. . . . About 5,000 people, including some of the cities poorest, oldest and youngest residents, rely on the free minibuses to get them to jobs, stores and community centers.”

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