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Transit agencies in Tennessee, Kentucky, Portland, Oregon, Milwaukee and Boston, for example, reported falling ridership rates. \u003cbr/\u003eAnd voters in cities such as Atlanta have rejected taxes for transit improvements.\u003cbr/\u003eederal data suggest that Americans (and Europeans) are driving less. \u003cbr/\u003e In Seattle, Jim Jarosz said his family got rid of their second car five years ago. \u003cbr/\u003eAs a teacher, he uses downtime on the bus or light rail to plan class lessons and check his phone.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I found it a lot more convenient,\" he said. \"A lot less hassle than driving and trying to find parking. Plus I like the feeling of being a little greener.\"\u003cbr/\u003eUtah residents are not alone in their burgeoning affinity for public transportation. \u003cbr/\u003eThe report shows Americans are boarding public buses, trains and subways in greater numbers than any time since the suburbs began booming, with nearly 10.7 billion trips in 2013, the highest total since 1956. \u003cbr/\u003eThe numbers show transit ridership fully recovered from a dip caused by the Great Recession.\u003cbr/\u003eRidership of the commuter rail lines Brown uses in Utah doubled in 2013 to 3.8 million trips, marking the largest percentage increase in the country. \u003cbr/\u003eNationally, travel on commuter rails increased by 2 percent, the report shows.\u003cbr/\u003eThe growth was spurred by the opening of a new 45-mile line of the \"Frontrunner\" from Salt Lake City to Provo in December 2012. \u003cbr/\u003eIt extended a line that has gone the same distance north just past Ogden since 2008.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Provo extension was one of four new lines Utah Transit Authority has opened in the past two years.\u003cbr/\u003eThe light rail system added three lines in 2013: A 6-mile stretch to Salt Lake City International Airport that opened in April; a 3.8-mile line to the southern Salt Lake City suburb of Draper that opened in August; and a street car connecting light rail to the Sugar House neighborhood in Salt Lake City.\u003cbr/\u003eSeattle, Washington - 10 March 2014\u003cbr/\u003e1.\tWide of light rail train arriving.\u003cbr/\u003e2.\tMedium of passengers boarding train.\u003cbr/\u003e3.\tWide zoom in of train departing.\u003cbr/\u003e4.\tSOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) Jim Jarosz /  Fulltime bus passenger for 5 years\u003cbr/\u003e\"We got rid of our second car just to see if it would work and I started taking the bus. I found it a lot more convenient. A lot less hassle than driving and trying to find parking. Plus I like the feeling of being a little greener.\u003cbr/\u003e5.\tMedium of Jarosz in the train.\u003cbr/\u003e7.\tMedium of two buses.\u003cbr/\u003e8.\tMedium of bus pulling away.\u003cbr/\u003e9.\tMedium of passengers boarding bus.\u003cbr/\u003e10.\tSOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) David Watkins / Uses public transportation\u003cbr/\u003e\"When I'm not walking or biking, I use the bus. I hate driving. I don't particulary like the idea of spending a third of my income on a car and maintaining it. \u003cbr/\u003e11.\tMedium shot of  of Watkins boarding train.\u003cbr/\u003e12.  SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) Bailey Gripshover / Uses public transportation\u003cbr/\u003e\"I jus think a lot of people don't want to spend money on car and insurance, especially if you live in a city. You don't want to deal with parking. Too much of a hassle. If there's buses, why not? Just take one.\"\u003cbr/\u003e13.\tMedium of METRO sign on bus.\u003cbr/\u003e14.\tSOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) Clark Williams-Derry, Sightline Institute. \u003cbr/\u003e\"A lot of what's happening nationally, is really happening at the local level in cities and towns all across the nation. You see in the numbers that even small cities are seeing increase in  transit ridership. It's a combination of factors that are affecting the entire nation. Gas prices are still high, cars are still expensive, insurance is expensive. People are finding that buses are a reasonable alternative for more and more trips.\u003cbr/\u003e15.\tMedium of Wiliams-Derry walking. \u003cbr/\u003eSalt Lake City, Utah - 10 March 2014\u003cbr/\u003e16.  Medium shot of commuter Jason Shumaker walking by train station with his bicycle\u003cbr/\u003e17. 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