News Brief

Public Transit Gaining Ground

According to the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), Americans took more than 10 billion trips on local public transportation in 2006, reaching the highest level since 1957. Ridership was up 3% between the end of 2005 and the end of 2006, and up 28% in the decade since 1996. Over the last decade, the growth rate of public transit ridership outpaced that of both U.S. population and vehicle miles traveled on U.S. highways. The full report is online at www.apta.com.

Published May 1, 2007

Boehland, J. (2007, May 1). Public Transit Gaining Ground. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/newsbrief/public-transit-gaining-ground

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