GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION FACTS
* During the past 10 years, U.S. public transportation has grown by
25%--at a faster rate than highway travel (22.5%) (Dump
the Pump Day--www.publictransportation.org/contact/stories.
Accessed on February 5, 2007)
* Following driving cessation, men will have about 6 years of dependency on alternative sources of transportation, compared with about 10 years of dependency for women (Foley, Heimovitz, Guralnik and Brock, American Journal of Public Health, August 2002)
* According to an AARP report, half of all adults cannot choose to take public transportation because service is not available in their area, particularly in rural and smaller towns
* Public transportation accounts for less than three percent of trips taken by individuals 65 and older, while walking accounts for only five percent of trips (AARP's Enhancing Mobility Options for Older Americans: A Five Year National Action Agenda, June 2004)
* Older African Americans and Latinos are more than twice as likely to use public transportation as their white counterparts (Surface Transportation Police Project--Aging Americans: Stranded Without Options--Fact Sheet-http://www.transact.org/library/reports_html/seniors/fact_sheet.asp
Accessed on September 9, 2005)
* By getting rid of a car and using transit instead to commute to work, a person would save between $3000 and $11000 annually. Transit saves more than 855 million gallons of gasoline every year (Dump the Pump Day--www.publictransportation.org/contact/stories. Accessed on February 5, 2007)
* By using public transportation to commute to work, a person would save between $300 and $3000 in fuel costs per year (Dump the Pump Day--www.publictransportation.org/contact/stories. Accessed on February 5, 2007)