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Box 2-A Impact of Gas Prices on Transit Ridership

Transit ridership has increased dramatically over the past few years. Gas prices paid by drivers also increased dramatically until recently. The USDOT Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (formerly known as RITA) and the California DOT cosponsored a study to...