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Over the next 20 years, demand for housing within a half-mile of 27 existing rail systems and 15 planned extensions or new systems is expected to be double the number of households living there today.
Source: Hidden in Plain Sight: Capturing the Demand for Housing Near Transit, Reconnecting America’s Center for Transit-Oriented Development
From 1995 to 2005, public transportation ridership increased in America by 25 percent.
Source: 2006 Public Transportation Fact Book
Ninety-four percent of the average American Household’s transportation budget goes to buying, maintaining, and operating cars.
Source: Consumer Expenditures in 2004, BLS Report 992. Washington: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, April 2006.
Americans living in areas served by public transportation save $18 billion annually in congestion costs.
Source: 2005 Urban Mobility Report. College Station: Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A & M University, 2005.