Fuel Costs * USA - Biting bus riders, too
Salt Lake,UT,USA -The Salt Lake Tribune, by Brandon Loomis -6 July 2008: -- Lopeti Penima'ani spends much of his time wheeling around the Salt Lake Valley advocating for fellow disabled citizens. Now he fears gasoline prices and mass-transit officials' reaction to them will take away that part of his life and leave him needing more help... He fears that the fuel surcharge the Utah Transit Authority put into effect last week will tap his Social Security disability income and keep him from getting out of his West Jordan home as much... UTA says there's no way of immediately crunching the numbers to see whether riders stayed away when bus and TRAX rail tickets rose by 25 cents, to $2 a ride. But drivers apparently didn't notice a big difference in passenger loads... (Photo by Scott Sommerdorf/The Salt Lake Tribune: Lopeti Penima'ani, right, and his dog Lady wait as friend and fellow activist Steve Edwards boards a UTA bus in front of West Jordan City Hall on Thursday. Penima'ani fears UTA's fuel surcharge will keep him from getting around the community as much)Labels: fuel cost troubles
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