CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19)  – The Everybody Rides Metro (ERM) Foundation is providing nearly 5,000 Metro bus tokens to help students attend Cincinnati Public Schools in partnership with Project Connect, an organization which helps homeless children regularly attend school.

“The ERM board unanimously approved supporting Project Connect to bring awareness to the needs of homeless children in Cincinnati,” said Joe Curry, ERM’s Executive Director. “Through Project Connect these children will get transportation to attend a familiar school throughout the year regardless of where they are living.”

An estimated 6,000 children experience homelessness in Greater Cincinnati each year.

CINCINNATI (FOX19) – Gas prices at a few local stations are on the verge of topping 4 dollars a gallon, while at the same time prices at most stations are edging downwards.

The gas prices tracking website KentuckyGasPrices.com reported a price of $3.99 (plus the final .009) per gallon for regular gas at a Boone County station.

FOX19 found that price advertised at the UDF/Marathon at the corner of Mineola Pike and Airport Exchange Boulevard just off 275 north of the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport.

The same price was reported by CincyGasPrices.com as of midday Friday for a pair of stations in Trenton, while a pair of neighboring stations were at $3.71.

In spite of those eye-popping prices, most prices were falling.

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19)  – Across the tri-state, regional transit agencies are preparing for more riders because of increasing gas prices.