http://www.npr.org/2012/03/15/148654778/gas-prices-force-more-people-to-take-rural-transit?sc=emaf
by CHARLOTTE ALBRIGHT
March 15, 2012 from VPR
As gas prices rise, more people who need to get around rural areas are boarding local transit buses and vans. Many of the low-income riders can't afford to drive. But the cost of transporting the riders is bursting town budgets.
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