Definitely more people using transit - in NYC
The New York Times has a story about some new census data and a Queens College study of the data showing that in past five years, more people in the New York metro area have switched to commuting by mass transit.
More than 2.5 million residents of the region — about 2 of every 7 commuters — regularly rode some form of public transportation to work in 2005, up from about 2.2 million in 2000. The share of commuters driving themselves or riding in private cars fell, a trend that could bode well for America’s energy consumption if only it were taking hold nationally.
“The reason there’s much more of a noticeable shift in New York City is that there are alternatives,” said Charles Komanoff, a transportation consultant in Manhattan. “In the rest of the country, you don’t have much substitution; you can’t. In New York, you can and you do.”
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csa | 09:26 PM |
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