DUMP THE PUMP
10 Great Reasons to Dump the Pump!
- Public transportation is a $55 billion industry that employs more than 400,000 people.
- According to APTA’s Transit Saving Report, a two-person household can save, on the average, more than $10,000 a year by downsizing to one car.
- Every $1 billion invested in public transportation creates and supports 36,000 jobs.
- The latest research shows that in 2010, U.S. public transportation use saved 796 million hours in travel time and 303 million gallons of fuel in 439 urban areas.
- Without public transportation, congestion costs in 2010 would have risen by nearly $17 billion from $101 billion to $118 billion.
- Public transportation use in the United States saves 4.2 billion gallons of gasoline annually.
- Households near public transit drive an average of 4,400 fewer miles than households with no access to public transit.
- Public transportation use in the United States reduces our nation’s carbon emissions by 37 million metric tons annually. This is equivalent to the emissions resulting from the electricity generated for the use of 4.9 million households or every household in Washington, DC; New York City; Atlanta; Denver; and Los Angeles combined.
- One person with a 20-mile round trip commute who switches from driving to public transit can reduce his or her daily carbon emissions by 20 pounds, or more than 4,800 pounds in a year.
- 83 percent of older Americans acknowledge public transit provides easy access to things they need in everyday life.