Transit facilities also experienced significant wear and tear during the war from extended use and deferred maintenance. This resulted in a deterioration in transit's physical plant by war's end.

Transit facilities also experienced significant wear and tear during the war from extended use and deferred maintenance.
⑤また、公共交通施設は、戦時中の過度な使用と不十分なメンテナンスによって、老朽化(著しい衰耗)していた。

This resulted in a deterioration in transit's physical plant by war's end.
⑥これが、終戦頃になって公共交通設備の劣化をもたらした。

Pent-up wage demands of transit employees were met，causing nearly a 50 percent increase in average fares by 1950. This further contributed to a decline in ridership. These factors combined to cause serious financia1 problems for many transit companies (Transportation Research Board, 1987).

Pent-up wage demands of transit employees were met，causing nearly a 50 percent increase in average fares by 1950.
⑦(今まで)見送りされてきた公共交通機関の従業員の賃上げにより、1950年、平均運賃は50％近くも値上がりした。

This further contributed to a decline in ridership.
⑧これが、さらに乗客の減少を促した。

These factors combined to cause serious financia1 problems for many transit companies (Transportation Research Board, 1987).
⑨そして、これらの要因は、多くの公共交通会社の深刻な財政問題を誘発した。(TRB, 1987)