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Doubling US Public Transit Ridership?

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: The Public Purpose
10 January 2001 - 5:00am

The Public Purpose publishes updated statistics and suggests that doubling US public transit ridership is an impossible task.

"US Transit Spends $26 Billion: It Is estimated that U.S. public transport spent approximately more than $26.1 billion annually in 1998 (motor bus, trolley bus, rapid rail, commuter rail and surface or light rail). By comparison spending on all streets and highways was $108 billion in 1998."

Full Story: Doubling US Public Transit Ridership: An Impossible Task?
Source: The Public Purpose, December 15, 2000
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