More riders - USA - Ridership of light rail, buses rose 7% in 2005
Metro Transit cites gas prices, weatherSt. Paul,MN,USA -Pioneer Press, by CHARLES LASZEWSKI -Feb. 14, 2006: -- Dramatically higher fuel prices and a mild winter trumped fare increases and bus service cuts as more people jumped on Metro Transit's buses and light-rail trains in 2005 than the year before... Metro Transit officials told a Metropolitan Council committee Monday that the number of rides jumped 4.7 million in 2005 to just under 70 million — a 7.2 percent increase. What's more, last month continued the trend, with Twin Cities residents taking a half-million more rides than they did the previous January, a nearly 10 percent increase...
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