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High gas prices spurred Orange Line ridership to nearly 22,000 daily riders in May -- achieving in just seven months a level the MTA had anticipated would take 15 years to reach, officials said Friday.
Gas prices averaged about $3.37 a gallon last month, which officials said helped boost ridership 15 percent to 21,878 riders a day.
"It's a huge jump and it's a tremendous vote of confidence for the Orange Line," said county Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, an MTA board member and early champion of the San Fernando Valley busway. "I never would have...