or RAISE the gasoline tax! Raise TheBus fares! Stick it to the people who use the public transportation system, these riders use the system so make them pay for it! What's so hard to understand as you don't have to be a Rocket Scientist to figure this out, raising the gas tax won't deter public transportation ridership because it'll still be cheaper using the public transportation system. Either they current riders drive vehicles paying the gas tax or they keep riding TheBus with higher fares. So Simple and fair to everyone