Thursday is Dump the Pump Day - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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Thursday is the fourtj annual Dump thePump day, a national effort designerd to get people out of their cars and onto theirf bicycles or public The sponsors the event, and public transportation systems acrosse the country are including Atlanta's , Gainesville, Ga.'s , Ga.'s . “With gas prices increasing 33 percentsinc December, coupled with uncertain economicc times, people have been looking for ways to save and riding publicv transportation is a great choice to APTA President William Millar said in a news Last year 10.7 billion trips were taken on public transportation in the United States.
This was a 52-year marking a modern ridership record, according to the Public transportation use is up 38 percent since1995 – almost triplew the growth rate of the populationm (14 percent). Nationally, nearly 2.6 billion tripsx were taken on publicc transportation in the first quarter ofthis year. With locaol and state revenue for publix transportation drying up due tothe economy, many publid transportation systems are being forced to raisde fares or cut services, Millar