OTTAWA — A transit advocacy group is warning new U.S. tariffs on buses coming into effect this weekend are going to upend the budgets of cities across North America — and eventually residents and riders.

Property taxes, transit fares, parking fees and maybe even congestion charges could be in play.

U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs package on heavy and medium-sized trucks — which he announced earlier this month, citing national security concerns — includes a 10 per cent duty on buses.

Like the Canadian auto sector, the bus manufacturing industry is highly integrated between the two countries, with parts crossing the border multiple times.

"If every mayor in North America is not peeing themselves right now, they really should be," said Josipa Petrunic, CEO of the Canadian Urban Tran

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