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People are voting with their feet by driving less and taking more public transportation. Here in Maryland, transit usage grew by 15 percent last year.
Transportation is responsible for more than two-thirds of America's dependence on oil, and about one-third of our carbon dioxide pollution.
In 2008, public transportation in Maryland saved the gallons of gasoline equivalent to what 105,200 cars use in one year.
Right now, Congress is moving forward with legislation (CLEAN TEA — S. 575) that could dedicate 10 percent of the current climate bill's investment to public transportation. We're calling on senators Ben Cardin and Barbra Mikulski to heed the growth of the transit in Maryland, and to invest more in transportation choices, like transit, which will increase our energy independence choices, reduce global warming pollution and get us out of traffic.
Sadaf Mortezavi, Potomac