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PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
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Public Transportation in the U.S.
Today
Transit in every state in the Union
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Transit Use Growing Faster Than Highway
Use (1995 – 2006)
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
U.S. Population Highway VMT Transit
(12%) (24%) (30%)
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Ridership by Mode - 2005
Unlinked Transit Trips
Light Rail
4%
Heavy Rail
29%
Passenger Miles
Commuter Bus Light Rail
Rail 61% 4%
4%
Heavy Rail
Paratransit/ 29%
Other
Bus
2%
44%
Commuter Paratransit/
Rail Other
19% 4%
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Who Uses Public Transportation
and Why?
People take transit to make money and to spend money
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2005 Transit Industry Revenue
Sources – $44 Billion
Local
21.3%
Directly
Generated
42.0%
State
20.5%
Federal
2005 Capital Funding - $12.4 Billion 16.2% 2005 Operating Funds- $31.7 Billion
Local Directly Local
21.9% Generated 21.0%
26.5%
Directly
Generated
48.1%
State
12.6%
State
23.6%
Federal Federal
39.0% 7.3%
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Public Transportation
in the U.S.
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Public Transportation
in the U.S.
Energy independence
Economic development
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Shift From Auto to Transit Lowers
Dependence on Foreign Fuel
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Public Transportation is a Net
Carbon Reducer
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Benefits of Public Transportation:
Boosts The Economy
$1 billion of $ 6 billion in
federal economic returns
Produces
investment
in transit
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Reduces Congestion; Costs Would
Have Been 13% Worse
Post 9/11
Hurricane Katrina
Earthquakes
Floods
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Private Investment and Transit