According to a new report from the American Public Transportation Association and Building America’s Future, if gasoline prices reach $4 per gallon, transit ridership is predicted to increase by nearly 1 million additional riders each weekday; if gasoline prices reach $5 per gallon, ridership is predicted to increase by more than 3 million additional riders each weekday; and a gas increase to $6 per gallon would equal nearly 6 billion additional public transit riders per weekday.
If gasoline prices reach $5 per gallon, how many additional riders will hop on public transit?
If gasoline prices reach $5 per gallon, how many additional riders will hop on public transit?
Answer: more than 3 million
According to a new report from the American Public Transportation Association and Building America’s Future, if gasoline prices reach $4 per gallon, transit ridership is predicted to increase by nearly 1 million additional riders each weekday; if gasoline prices reach $5 per gallon, ridership is predicted to increase by more than 3 million additional riders each weekday; and a gas increase to $6 per gallon would equal nearly 6 billion additional public transit riders per weekday.
According to a new report from the American Public Transportation Association and Building America’s Future, if gasoline prices reach $4 per gallon, transit ridership is predicted to increase by nearly 1 million additional riders each weekday; if gasoline prices reach $5 per gallon, ridership is predicted to increase by more than 3 million additional riders each weekday; and a gas increase to $6 per gallon would equal nearly 6 billion additional public transit riders per weekday.
