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Recent trends in transit ridership in the U.S.

Recent trends in transit ridership in the U.S. Presented by: Savannah Amor and Sean Yaworsky. What is Transit Ridership?. Ridership data is based on trip counts Average person takes 2 trips per day

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Recent trends in transit ridership in the U.S.

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  1. Recent trends in transit ridership in the U.S. Presented by: Savannah Amor and Sean Yaworsky

  2. What is Transit Ridership? • Ridership data is based on trip counts • Average person takes 2 trips per day • Roughly 10%-30% transfer from one form of transit to another in order to get to their final destination • Transit modes include bus, trolley bus, vanpool, jitney, heavy/light rail transit, commuter rail, cable car, monorail and ferryboat

  3. Mass Transit Composition

  4. Promoting Ridership • Nearly 2.6 billion trips were taken in the first quarter of 2009 using public transportation 1 • Reduction of fossil fuels through alternative fueling • Over-congested highways are inevitable • Advertisement of mass transit

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