Public transport use surges despite falling gas prices.

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'Despite plunging petrol prices, Americans are using public transportation in record numbers, with more than 2.8 billion trips taken on metros, buses and light rail in the third quarter of the year, a report showed Monday.

Ridership numbers marked a record 6.5 percent increase over the same three-month period in 2007, when around 2.67 million people rode public transportation in the United States, the report by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) showed.

"This is the largest quarterly increase in public transportation ridership in 25 years," APTA said in a statement.

During the same period, vehicle miles traveled on US roads declined by 4.6 percent, data from the Federal Highway Administration showed.'

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