Transit News Features

How to Make Sure the Stimulus Works: We Should Invest in Projects that Make Us More Productive

By Senator Judd Gregg, Republican from New Hampshire, for The Wall Street Journal
Recovery is about bringing the nation out of this recession in a manner that makes us more competitive in the international market. We need things like roads, bridges, mass transit capital expansion, integrated IT in public industries like health care, and military recapitalization. The test should be simple: Is it necessary and will it make us more competitive as a nation?

Public transit use up over last year

By Marisol Bello for USA Today
"As gas prices rose, more and more Americans made the choice to ride public transit," says William Millar, the association's president. "Now, even though gas prices are falling, Americans tried public transit and many find it convenient."

Public Transit Users Save More Than $8,400 Per Household Even With Dramatic Dip In Gas Prices

Even though the price of gas has continued to drop public transportation riders still enjoy a significant economic savings.  A person can achieve an average annual savings of $8,416 per year by taking public transportation instead of driving, based on today’s gas prices and the average unreserved parking rate, according to the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) “Transit Savings Report.”

Public Transit Ridership Surges in 2nd Quarter -- Almost 140 Million More Trips Taken Than 2007 Second Quarter

The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) announced today that Americans took more than 2.8 billion trips on public transportation in the second quarter of 2008. This is almost 140 million more trips than last year for the same time period.

Eighty Five Percent of Public Transit Systems Experience Capacity Problems as Ridership Surges -- 65% of Public Transit Systems Report Insufficient Revenue to Operate Additional Service

With ridership on public transportation surging and high fuel prices severely impacting public transportation systems’ budgets across the nation, 85 percent of public transit systems report capacity problems, according to a new nationwide survey of transit systems released today by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA).