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

[Fred Schneider]

You mean it's improved that much from some of the earlier  
enumerations?  I remember some numbers around 1970 and I was just  
assuming 99 to 1 had not changed.

On Feb 4, 2007, at 9:47 PM, Joshua Dunfield wrote:

>
> 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.
>