Public transportation use is up 32% since 1995, a figure that is more than double the growth rate of the population (15%) and up substantially over the growth rate for the vehicle miles traveled (VMT) on US highways (24%) for that same period.
Interestingly, Sound Transit's ridership growth increased 12% from 2006 to 2007 in comparison to the national average growth of 2%. Here's their press release. That's a good frame for consideration of a November ballot initiative for Sound Transit.
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Now if you really want to do some tricky math - figure out the % the population has increased...and see if the transportation use increase corresponds to the population increase.
~M
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