[PRCo] Fw: Average Income of Transit Users

[Jim Holland]

"Jack May"  wrote in message 
news:<66idnUXNvd5q8rPanZ2dnUVZ_oCvnZ2d at comcast.com>...
 >
 > "James Robinson" wrote in message
 > news:Xns99DEB2BEA85F0wascana212com at 216.196.97.142...
 > > Jack often writes about how higher income people wouldn't think of
 > > riding transit, that it is only provided for the relatively poor 
part of
 > > the population.
 > >
 > > APTA has release a report on the demographics of transit users, which
 > > has the following breakdown of incomes:
 > >
 > > "Public transportation riders report a wide range of household 
incomes.
 > > Household incomes less than $15,000 are reported by 20.1 percent of
 > > public transit riders; 45.6 percent report incomes from $15,000 to
 > > $49,999; 24.8 percent report incomes from $50,000 to $99,999; and 9.5
 > > percent report incomes of $100,000 or more."
 > >
 > > So it appears that contrary to Jack's assertions, The spread of 
incomes is
 > > not that much different than the population as a whole. People with 
money
 > > do ride transit.
 > >
 > > Here is the news release on ridership changes and the survey:
 > >
 > > http://www.apta.com/media/releases/070104_ridership_increases.cfm
 >
 > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_class_in_the_United_States
 >
 > along with spread sheet work to match the categories James used.
 >
 > OK the data for the US is 15.31% for less than $15K, 42.69% for 15K 
to 50K,
 > 29.20% from $50K to $100K, 15.73% for more than $100K.
 >
 > Since NYC dominates all transit statistics, how did they correct for NYC
 > strongly biasing all of the income figures. My guess is they did just
 > averages even if this public transit organization is honest.
 >
 > That means their statistics at best are essentially those of NYC.
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