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After gas prices dropped from their peaks, the growth still continued, not dropped as it just about always had in the past.
As transit ridership grew, bus ridership decreased nationaly.
The link at the bottom of the article: http://www.apta.com/resources/statistic ... p-APTA.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; displays the Philadelphia (And every other transit agency), numbers for comparison/analysis outside the digested article.
“In 2014, people took a record 10.8 billion trips on public transportation -- the highest annual ridership number in 58 years,” said Phillip Washington, APTA Chair and CEO & General Manager of the Regional Transportation District in Denver. “Some public transit systems experienced all-time record high ridership last year. This record ridership didn’t just happen in large cities. It also happened in small and medium size communities.”Also of note are:
After gas prices dropped from their peaks, the growth still continued, not dropped as it just about always had in the past.
As transit ridership grew, bus ridership decreased nationaly.
The link at the bottom of the article: http://www.apta.com/resources/statistic ... p-APTA.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; displays the Philadelphia (And every other transit agency), numbers for comparison/analysis outside the digested article.