04 October 2005

Treehugger: Popularity of Public Transportation Increasing in US

This article reports more good news from America; the usage of public transport has been going up. There's also an interesting factoid to be had:

"According to research cited by APTA, if Americans used public transportation at the same rate as Europeans (roughly 10% of total daily travel needs) the US would reduce its need for imported oil by more than 40% (at the current level of domestic production)."

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