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The State of the Public Transportation Industry Flora Castillo APTA Chair Board Member, NJ TRANSIT April 22, 2013
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Ft. Myers 19.7% Indianapolis, IN 9.4% Columbus, OH 10.1% Ridership Growth San Diego, CA 7% New Orleans, LA 8.3% Pittsburgh, PA 4.7% Phoenix, AZ 3% Nashville, TN 7.3% Dallas, TX 10% Albuquerque, NM 7.2% Seattle, WA 4.1 Canton, OH 8.9% Denver, CO 2.7% Riverside, CA 7% Salt Lake City, UT 3.6%
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4 (17%) (22%) (34%) Public Transportation Use Growing Faster Than Population and Highway Use (1995 -2012)
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5 Public Transportation in the U.S. 53% of trips on buses 42% of trips on rail 5% on other modes
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6 Commuter Rail Has Grown 1970: 9 systems 2012: 29 systems
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7 Light Rail Is Booming 1970: 7 systems 2012: 36 systems
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8 Public Transit’s Economic Clout $57 billion industry Directly employs more than 400,000 people Supports 1.9 million public & private sector jobs
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White House Panel on Women In Transportation
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APTA’s Veteran and Military Family Resource Center apta.com/veterans
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Signing Ceremony for MAP-21
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Increase in Percentage of Alternative Fueled Buses
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Young People Postponing Driving
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Public Transit Vital to Mobility
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State of Disrepair
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Public Transit Infrastructure Graded a “D”
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A Vision of What’s Ahead
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Thank You!
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