It added the increase in fares is "dependent on ticket type and journey", with about 51% of ticket prices frozen.

BBC: Metrolink fares hike to help fund new trams and smartcards

Police said there was a 57% reduction in "youth-related annoyance" compared to the three months before the trail, and a 51% fall in all anti-social type incidents, including drink-related offences, criminal damage and noise nuisance.

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It's a type of budget maneuver that requires a simple majority -- 51 votes -- to pass.

CNN: Divided Democrats put Obama in health care bind

As a result, Ornstein argued, Democratic leaders may now try to short-circuit the traditional Senate legislative process by passing a more partisan bill through an obscure tactic known as reconciliation, a type of budget maneuver that requires only a simple majority -- 51 votes -- to pass.

CNN: Analyst: Post-Kennedy health care bill may be more sweeping

About 52 percent believed that national regulations over a type of gas drilling known as hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking, " should be enacted, while 51 percent said the government should continue to subsidize the development of alternative energy sources such as wind and solar power.

NPR: Economists Were Opposed To Automatic Spending Cuts