Public transportation provides greater freedom, access, opportunity and choice for Americans. This website (www.publictransportation.org) is designed to better inform the public about the benefits and importance of public transportation for all Americans — even if they never board a train or a bus.Public transportation is vital in helping the U.S. enhance safety and security, protect the environment and public health, and conserve energy.Public transportation provides access, choice and economic opportunity for millions of Americans.Employers throughout the U.S. are taking advantage of publictransportation to attract larger and more reliable work forces and save in a variety of ways.Communities that invest in public transportation realize enhanced development and prosperity in the form of more jobs, revitalized business and activity centers, and an expanded tax base.Public transportation means savings for human services programs, more access to healthcare and education, and a vital link for seniors, the disabled and children.With public transportation, metropolitan areas can remain economicengines, small urban communities help maintain their character, and residents in the rural heartland have critical access to jobs and more.
Throughout the U.S., public transportation is undergoing a renaissance. Steady increases in transit investment have dramatically improved and expanded public transportation services, attracting record numbers of riders on state-of-the-art systems in metropolitan, small urban and rural areas alike.
In the last six years alone, public transportation use has risen 22% -- faster than vehicle miles traveled on our roadways and airline passenger miles logged over the same period. In 2001, Americans used public transportation 9.5 billion times -- the highest ridership level in 40 years.
Communities across the country are rehabilitating and expanding public transportation systems and constructing new ones. Currently:
556 local public transportation operators provide services in 319 urbanized areas with a population of over 50,000.
1,260 organizations provide public transportation in rural areas.
3,660 organizations provide services to the aging population and disabled individuals.
Through improved mobility, safety, security, economic opportunity and environmental quality, public transportation benefits every segment of American society -- individuals, families, businesses, industries and communities --
and supports important national goals and policies.
At the same time, the growing problem of traffic congestion continues to choke America's roadways and restrain community and business development.
very nice video, great clips :D
Thalysiakeuh 4 years ago 3
please keep your hands on the wheel and pay attention to the road, i dont care if it is a youtube or not, your going to cause a couple accidents, you try to promote public transportation when you are riding around BY YOURSELF in a FANCY CAR. not to mention you are about to cause an accident with your attention off the road and hands off of the wheel, nice video but it held that bad secret message.
aargreendaybillie 4 years ago 2