High gas prices - USA - Mean boon for buses
Drivers' pain is Metro's gain when it comes to high prices at the gas pump
Santa Cruz,CA,USA -Santa Cruz Sentinel, by GENEVIEVE BOOKWALTER -August 3, 2006: -- More commuters are catching a ride on the Highway 17 Express bus between Santa Cruz County and Silicon Valley... And recent record fuel prices have translated into millions of dollars of unexpected state gas taxes this year, of which more than $13 million should funnel to the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District. The state transportation commission will release the final figures next month...
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Yes, I ride the 17.
It actually costs me more money, since I drive a veggie car, but I do like the relaxation I get from riding the bus on the one hour trip.
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