[SustainableTompkins] gas prices, transit

[Simon St.Laurent]

Does anyone know if we've seen this effect on TCAT?

Thanks,
Simon St.Laurent
http://livingindryden.org/


Gas Prices Send Surge of Riders to Mass Transit
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/business/10transit.html

DENVER — With the price of gas approaching $4 a gallon, more commuters 
are abandoning their cars and taking the train or bus instead.

Mass transit systems around the country are seeing standing-room-only 
crowds on bus lines where seats were once easy to come by. Parking lots 
at many bus and light rail stations are suddenly overflowing, with 
commuters in some towns risking a ticket or tow by parking on nearby 
grassy areas and in vacant lots.

"In almost every transit system I talk to, we're seeing very high rates 
of growth the last few months," said William W. Millar, president of the 
American Public Transportation Association.

"It's very clear that a significant portion of the increase in transit 
use is directly caused by people who are looking for alternatives to 
paying $3.50 a gallon for gas."