For years, transit planners in Los Angeles, California, urged people to ditch their cars, but nobody budged. Now gas prices have hit $6.20 a gallon, and folks are listening. Metrolink and LA Metro are both seeing more riders as commuters rethink whether driving is worth it.
Gas prices are climbing past $6.20 per gallon in Los Angeles and some residents can no longer afford itThey are being forced to take public transportationLA resident “There’s no way I could afford to drive into the city every day. I commute over 70 miles each way, and with… pic.twitter.com/evivvVy3Gi
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Take Autumn Beno-Morris. She travels over 70 miles each way to downtown LA. “Right now there is no way I could afford to drive into the city every day,” she told ABC7 Eyewitness News.
Meredith Yeoman, who heads up communications for Metrolink, watched ridership jump 4% almost overnight when fuel costs spiked, per the outlet. “There’s a cost-prohibitive nature to driving right now,” she said…