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Show 18 — For the week of September 8, 2008 — The Spectrum PACU RUN MRE Uta ST. GEORGE Mae siti) NEIGHBORHOODS www.thespectrum.com Shuttle businesses see spike BY SCOTT KERBS $12 per day, with valet parking service available for an an additional $4 each day, according ‘tothe airport's Web site. Cynthia Cole, a California woman visiting her sister in St. George, said she enjoys the economy of the shuttle service, but uses it primarily as an opportunity to unwind and let someone else drive for a change, “Tt is relaxing? she said. | International Airport in Las can sit and read’ Ve as. : Z Shuttle driver Michael Tialino said the shuttle is Witkowski said the convea convenient and affordable nience of the service has led alternative to driving to Las to an increase in ticket sales, Vegas, with a one-way ticket especially among the elderly.” costing only $19. She has Cole said she frequently taken advantage of the low uses the service and remains fare on several occasions, impressed by the company’s and now uses the shuttle dependability. whenever traveling to Las “Ninety-five percent of the Vegas. time, the shuttle is on time? In addition to saving she said as she boarded the money on gasoline, Tialino vehicle. ; said the shuttle service The shuttle is also a valunegates airport parking | fees. able service to those without “Tt is easier on me; she the luxury of an automobile. said while waiting for the Without a car, Larry Smith shuttle to depart. “I don't and his wife, Laura, found have to park my car at the themselves relying on the airport anymore, shuttle to reach the airport. The savings on airport Smith was prepped to parking may be substanboard an international flight tial for some, as long-term from Las Vegas to Munich, garage parking at McCarran Germany, where he said he International Airport costs plans to begin working as a pastor at the International Baptist Church. “The shuttle is a good deal,’ Smith said. ENERGY on foreign oil. skerbs@thespectrum.com ST. GEORGE — Fed up with high gas prices and heavy traffic, many travelers are turning to local shuttle services for a ride to Las Vegas. - For Mina Tialino, the St. George Express shuttle service limits the expenses of the 132-mile trek from downtown St. George to McCarran etn WRU Ma La ae MATING e Continued from page 14 cell investment tax credit through 2014 and allocates Janet Miller, owner of St. George Express shuttle service, said she has seen a boom in business over the past year as the economy began to sour. Her service averages between 80 to 100 customers each day, The spike in babies she said, also comes as a result of cheaper shuttle service. One year ago, she said, the companys 15-passenger vans were converted to run on natural gas. Natural gas is relatively inexpensive when compared with gasoline and produces far less pollutants, she said. ’ She said many environmentally conscious consumers are choosing St. George Express over the company’s primary competitor. St. George Shuttle, a competing shuttle service, still runs on gasoline, but general manager Jeff Calegory said the company remains popular among travelers. “When gas goes up, people are more willing to look for alternative transportation? Calegory said. Since the industrial revo- lution 200 years ago, humanof Clean Renewable Energy kind has depended on fossil manipulation. My legislaBonds. fuel. tion provides the U.S. comWith on-the-shelf techThough the challenge is modities Futures Trading nology, we can make our great, I am optimistic. Commission with additionhomes and buildings more ~ Throughout the country, al resources to address price energy efficient. The legislaproponents of new alternamanipulation and to better tion extends tax credits for tives are serious. They are monitor speculative limits energy-efficient appliances investing thought, time on oil trading. and establishes new plugand money in technology To encourage investment in electric drive vehicle tax that will take us to the next in and expansion of renewcredits. level. ; able energy, my bill extends Every step we take — from American ingenuity has the renewable energy promore production, to more always triumphed. We need duction tax credit for wind, efficiency, to more research geothermal, hydropower to keep the wheels turning and trash combustion facili- and development — moves and the lights on until those ties. It extends the 30 perus closer to our desired goal: revolutionary advances are cent solar energy and ‘fuel ‘an end to our dependency © ready. ° $2 billion for a new round |