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Faced with High Gas Prices, Travelers Turn to Mass Transit. By Lena H. Sun, WashPost, June 3, 2008. "Soaring gas prices are pushing more Americans to take public transit, with streetcars, trolleys and other light rail experiencing a 10.3% increase in ridership for the first quarter of the year, according to a report released yesterday by the American Public Transportation Association. Americans took 2.6 billion trips on all modes of public transportation, including subways and buses, in the first three months of 2008, a 3.3% increase, or almost 85 million more trips than in the same period last year, the report said. 'There's no doubt that the high gas prices are motivating people to change their travel behavior,' APTA President William Millar said."