Ninety-eight percent of our commuter-service riders own cars. They choose to ride with us, rather than fight traffic themselves.

241

Some of the area's vacant lots and homes that have been run down have been replaced by housing with no parking, purposely.

208

Fuel prices have more than doubled, and we're anticipating a $6 million shortfall in the 2006 budget year.

201

This was a good team effort. Some girls came off the bench and stepped up.

171

We're doing our very best to keep up.

159

Our riders would actually have a bad experience.

151

I can't understand why it's going up in January. I don't think we'll ever see anything below $1.90 again. Who knows where it's going to end up?

146

There is a need for public transportation here. Only 40 percent of our riders are classified as low-income earners.

138

Going back to 1970, we usually budget around 91 cents a gallon. We added an extra 30 cents per gallon, but even then it simply wasn't enough. We didn't anticipate the prices would be this high.

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