Gas Prices * USA - Push Public Bus use way up
Record gasoline prices are being blamed for doubling use of Essex County's Champ bus system
Essex County,NY,USA -CNHI News Service/Press Republican, by LOHR McKINSTRY -16 Mar 2008: -- ... Ridership in public transportation for Clinton and Franklin counties has also increased substantially... Essex County Transportation Director Nancy Dougal believes soaring gas prices are pushing more people to use the public buses... She and other county transportation coordinators are working on creating a regional bus token that could be used in any of the tri-county bus systems... Clinton County Planning Technician Dominic Rickert said their buses had about 3,000 more passengers in February than last year at the same time... (Photo by Lohr McKinstry/The Star - The Essex County Champ bus leaves Elizabethtown on one of its daily runs to Ticonderoga. Ridership of the county-s public-bus system has doubled since gas prices began to rise)Labels: fuel cost troubles
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