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March 28, 2011

Getting On Board To Spend Less On Gas

Filed under: Students, Community — Kristin @ 11:59 am

 From KWQC:
Employees at the Galesburg Amtrak Station said as gas prices started to climb, more drivers than usual began warming up to the idea of passenger rail service…

Knox College student James Zumwalt doesn’t own a car and won’t buy one because of the cost of fuel.

He told KWQC that traveling by train is his only option;

“It wouldn’t really be affordable for me otherwise. Because the whole cost of owning a car these days as a college student is pretty insurmountable.”