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Despite new challenges, Americans continue flocking to public transportation
June 16, 2009
By Andrew Bielak

This week, the American Public Transportation Association released their ridership numbers for the first quarter (January through March) of 2009, and confirmed something that we’ve been suspecting: Despite facing a dismal economy, deep cuts in service, and painful fare increases, Americans are continuing to use public transportation in near record numbers. As we’ve been documenting [...]

Transit reaches new heights in 2008
March 9, 2009
By Andrew Bielak

Minneapolis, MN light rail photo by Metro Transit For the millions of Americans who waited for a bus last year to find it filled to capacity or boarded the subway train and saw it packed with fellow commuters, one thing should come as no surprise: 2008 was an incredible year for public transportation. The American [...]