Gas Prices Send Surge of Riders to Mass Transit (Published 2008)

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 parkin

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