Wednesday, March 12, 2008
By the Way On Track
Posted by Steve Haruch on Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 10:05 AM
Reading this post, I was surprised to learn that public transportation use is up—to the highest level in 50 years—according to recent data released by the American Public Transportation Association. I was even more surprised when I got to this graph:
The five commuter rail systems with the double digit ridership growth rate in 2007 were located in the following areas: Nashville (257.9 percent); Santa Fe (96.6 percent); Harrisburg (41.3 percent); Seattle (27.4 percent); Oakland (14.2 percent); Dallas/Fort Worth (12.1 percent); Stockton (11.9 percent); Portland, ME (11.8 percent); and Pompano Beach, FL (10.3 percent). (Emphasis mine.)But then I realized that Music City Star only began running in September 2006, so ridership had almost nowhere to go but up. But at least it went. (Via Green Car Congress.)
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