Public Transportation, Gas Prices, and Climate

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We can help American families cope with high gas prices by investing in public transportation and communities with transportation alternatives through climate change legislation.

Gas prices have shot up by more than a dollar per gallon in less than four months.

* Families are being squeezed by transportation costs that are now their second largest expense after housing (18 percent of household income on average), according to U.S. Census data.

* A recent Harris poll shows 92 percent of Americans believe that gas prices will only trend upward and they are looking to Congress for help.

via Public Transportation, Gas Prices, and Climate | Friends of the Earth.

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