Commuters across the San Francisco Bay Area are trying to avoid driving because of high gas prices.

Numbers show that as gas prices have soared well above $4 a gallon, more people are leaving the roads in favor of trains, buses and ferries.

BART ridership went up 4.5 percent in the first three months of 2008. Caltrain saw a 6.4 percent jump in use.

Employers have also noticed that more job applicants are turning down positions that are far from home and require them to drive.