Americans are encouraged to "Dump the Pump" and use public transportation today.

The eighth annual "Dump the Pump Day" is sponsored by the American Public Transportation Association, and aims to get people to leave their cars at home to save money on gas. The latest APTA Transit Savings Report estimates that a two-person household that downsizes to one car can save more than 97-hundred dollars a year, on average.

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