[PRCo] Re: pat__service__cuts__2007.01.23-changed to 2/1/07

[Joshua Dunfield]

Fred Schneider wrote:
> In this country 1  
> percent used public transit and 99 percent uses private  
> automobiles. [for the journey to work]

The numbers are bad enough that there's no need to exaggerate.  From
the 2000 census:

  Car, truck, van, or motorcycle    91.0%
  Public transportation              4.9%
  Walked                             3.0%
  Bicycle                            0.4%
  Other                              0.7%

The Pittsburgh "MSA" isn't much different:

  Car, truck, van, or motorcycle    89.2%
  Public transportation              6.4%
  Walked                             3.7%
  Bicycle                            0.1%
  Other                              0.6%

The Pittsburgh "urbanized area" is a little better -- 8.2% 
used public transportation and 4.0% walked.

-j.