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Keeping America Moving

Posted on October 12, 2008

By John Addison (10/11/08). A record number of Americans are saving thousands per year by using public transportation from one day per week to living car free. In 2007, a 50-year record of 10.3 billion trips per year, saving over 4 billion gallons of car gasoline use. 2008 will set a new record that may approach 11 billion trips as more commuters leave their cars parked to brave standing-room-only train and bus rides. Fifteen thousand who run global transportation systems convened in San Diego from October 6 to 8 to examine a...

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