Gangs Demand That San Salvador's Buses Stop Running, But Why?
The reasons behind the bus shutdown aren't clear, but the results have been tragic: nine drivers assassinated and a city in turmoil.
The Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation, or PART, depends mostly on a 5 percent tax on rental cars for a big chunk of its funding. And as business travel declined during the recession, so did the agency's revenues. From 2008 to 2010, PART's rental tax revenue dropped by about $1 million.