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The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) announced the winners of its “Dump the Pump” transit rider-generated online video contest. Participants were asked to create a video that demonstrated why they were “dumping the pump” in favor of using public transportation.

Bob Richardson of Portland, Ore., the first place winner created a high-quality video, which depicts a familiar scene of a woman dumping a significant other. In this scene, however, she is leaving the gas pump behind for a more attractive suitor — her local public transit system.

Winning videos and all entries will be featured at APTA’s Public Transportation Takes Us There campaign Website: http://www.publictransportation.org/takesusthere/contest_videos.html

The traffic configuration at the West Bank traffic circle near the Huey P. Long Bridge will be in place until late June, officials announced this week. This switch, which began Monday, routes West Bank bound traffic exiting the bridge straight through the circle.

Bridge City Ave traffic coming from the west heading east is being detoured to the south on LA 541 (River Road) to LA 18. This shift will be in place for approximately 10 weeks before the traffic circle is restored to its original configuration. Motorists are reminded to follow all detour signs and flagmen instructions, if present.

The completed Huey P. Long Bridge Widening Project will include three 11-foot lanes in each direction, along with new inside and outside shoulders across the bridge. The project also will include construction of new roadway approaches that will provide signalized intersections at Bridge City Avenue and Jefferson Highway. The entire project is scheduled to be complete by 2013.

For more information, contact Meghan Legaux, Huey P. Long Bridge Widening Project Spokesperson, at 504-731-4200 or visit www.hueypbridge.com.

The Times Picayune-- In one week, the River Parishes Transit Authority ridership has shot up in St. John the Baptist and St. Charles parishes. Officials said more than 40 riders used the on-demand shuttle service Tuesday, upping the ridership from six when the shuttles began rolling on parish streets a week ago.

New Orleans CityBusiness -- Ridership climbs but only 19 percent of pre-Katrina buses are back on street. The New Orleans RTA (NORTA) chalks up many of its lingering service issues to Hurricane Katrina, which ruined 200 city buses.

DENVER — With the price of gas approaching $4 a gallon, more commuters are abandoning their cars and taking the train or bus instead.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of Americans hopping buses and grabbing subway straps has climbed to the highest level in half a century as soaring gasoline costs push more commuters to take mass transit.