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 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
Mass Transit Composition
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