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Ride Tri-Rail And Help Set A Record
All set for Dump the Pump Day tomorrow?
No matter if you take transit, carpool, vanpool or even ride your bike, commuters are encouraged to leave the car at home and use a gas-saving, more environmentally-friendly way to get to work.
If you decide to ride Tri-Rail, you could be part of a record-setting day.
Through Tuesday, weekday ridership on the commuter rail is up 43.7 percent this month over June 2007. Average weekday ridership is 15,533, compared to 10,812 a year ago.
Even weekend ridership is on the rise, up 15.7 percent. Overall, ridership is tracking at a 46.7 percent increase for the first 17 days of the month.
Who knows. If enough people decide to Dump the Pump for Tri-Rail tomorrow, it could really be a red-letter day.
Tri-Rail’s all-time record is the 18,452 riders on June 23, 2006, the day of the Miami Heat championship celebration in downtown Miami.
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