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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
Fill-er Up!
Remember those days where you would vomit a little bit in your mouth when you filled up your gas tank?
Where this country FINALLY began talking about renewable resources....cause driving cars was causing people to become homeless?
Where smart cars were the new Hummers?
Where biking was called commuting...not biking.
I just filled my gas tank at $1.83. A tear slowly ran down my face. I hugged the guy pumping gas next to me. OK, no I didn't, it looked like he hadn't showered in a few days.
What glorious days these are. I will enjoy them while they last.
Fill-er Up!
Remember those days where you would vomit a little bit in your mouth when you filled up your gas tank?
Where this country FINALLY began talking about renewable resources....cause driving cars was causing people to become homeless?
Where smart cars were the new Hummers?
Where biking was called commuting...not biking.
I just filled my gas tank at $1.83. A tear slowly ran down my face. I hugged the guy pumping gas next to me. OK, no I didn't, it looked like he hadn't showered in a few days.
What glorious days these are. I will enjoy them while they last.
I want one of those tiny cars...the one seaters that runs on battery power and charges in 8 hours. http://www.myersmotors.com/im1/home_full/full_1.jpg
These cars are so amazing!
//end rant.
http://www.humzoo.com/ben/blog/94/
The one that was going to take our country off foreign dependency to oil?
Well as prices have dropped...so has his plan. It's now on hold.
http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/12/news/economy/pickens/?p...
TriMet ridership continues to set records
TriMet MAX and bus ridership set new records in October 2008:
MAX and bus ridership
A record 9.3 million rides were taken during the month, with 6.15 million trips on buses – the first time monthly bus trips topped 6 million.
Weekly rides totaled 2,065,500, an 8.8 percent increase over October 2007.
40,900 weekday trips were taken on the system, a 7.4 percent increase over October 2007.
Double-digit rush hour trips increases continue – 117,000 trips – a 10.9 percent compared to October 2007.
Weekend trips totaled 361,000 up 8.4 percent over the previous October.
MAX ridership
Weekly rides on MAX averaged 699,700 trips, a 7.9 percent increase over October 2007.
Weekday rides on MAX averaged 111,300 boardings a 3.4 percent increase over October 2007.
Bus ridership
Weekly bus trips increased 9.8 percent over October 2007, climbing to 1,365,800 rides.
Weekday bus trips increased 9.4 percent over October 2007 to 229,600 trips.
"The record ridership we're seeing on our buses and MAX trains continues to demonstrate that transit works in our region and provides a quality alternative to driving," said TriMet General Manager Fred Hansen.
It still amazes me that one man manages Lost & Found for all these rides and people! LOL