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CNN: U.S. cities scrambling to meet rising mass transit demands

The title is self explanatory with people giving up cars for public transportation, but here's the part I never thought of:

Denver's system, like many U.S. cities, is partly funded by revenues from sales taxes. As consumers spend less because of high fuel costs and a sour economy, the city earns less revenue. Consequently, funding for the transit system is decreasing just when their operating costs are higher than ever before.

This sounds like an intro econ problem. But I slept through intro econ. (Classes right after lunch across the street from Commons? Yeah. Bad idea.)