Transit users suffer a cut in US tax benefit today

A tax benefit for people who take public transportation is set to shrink Wednesday, a casualty of congressional inaction and a move that some transportation advocates fear will encourage driving instead of mass transit.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/01/01/tax-benefit-for-commuter-rail-riders-set-expire/Tj9TjvY4UrP1zDMLvfMxUK/story.html