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To: Crocodile who wrote (4123)	5/11/2006 11:35:00 AM
From: Ron	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24235

We've still got heavy traffic this area most days and during rush hour, the Interstate is full of SUVs hauling one person. Little or no carpooling. Folks are just going to squeal and whine like little oil piggies until it hurts too bad. The feds just trashed a proposed commuter rail system here. It was unpopular so there wasn't much complaining except from the folks who realize our area is one of the fastest growing on the East coast. They'll be paying for that both in gas prices and bumper to bumper very long and slow commutes. (Raleigh-Durham)

To: Crocodile who wrote (4123)	5/12/2006 8:59:56 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24235

High Gas Prices Lead to U.S. Scooter Boom MSN Money / AP Business News, May 12, 2006 news.moneycentral.msn.com 92 A few excerpts: "Sales at the Chicago-based Genuine Scooter Company, one of the country's larger scooter dealers, which owns the popular Stella brand, have been doubling annually for the last three years, with even faster growth projected for this year, according to owner Philip McCaleb." "I'm seeing a lot of people from blue-collar businesses, who are paying $100 to fill up their vans," said Nick Mendizabal, owner of Brooklynbretta, a scooter dealership. "A lot of people who thought scooters were not so masculine are now asking, 'How fast do they go?' and `What's the mileage?'" Read it and weep, if you're a GM shareholder. Read it and rejoice, if you're anybody else. Here in Lithuania, meanwhile, the police are considering ways to crack down / restrict / make life less pleasant for scooter drivers. But that's another topic altogether...