AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION
VICTORIA TRANSPORT POLICY INSTITUTE
This research indicates that public transit improvements and more transit oriented development can provide large but often overlooked health benefits. People who live or work in communities with high quality public transportation tend to drive significantly less and rely more on alternative modes (walking, cycling and public transit) than they would in more automobile-oriented areas. This reduces traffic crashes and pollution emissions, increases physical fitness and mental health, and provides access to medical care and healthy food.
Posts Tagged ‘American Public Transportation Association’
Evaluating Public Transportation Health Benefits
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010Funding the Transportation Needs of an Older Generation
Thursday, May 13th, 2010AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION
Rapid growth in the number of older people in the United States during the coming decades will lead to greatly increased needs for expanded and enhanced public transportation services. This report: a) identifies the range of actions that will be needed to expand mobility options for older people, including accessible public transportation services; b) quantifies the demand for these public transportation services; and c) estimates the funding that will be needed to provide them.
Impacts of the Recession on Public Transportation Agencies: Survey Results
Monday, April 5th, 2010AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION
Transit agencies have been forced to cut service, lay off employees, raise fares, slow capital improvements and take many other actions to survive. More troubling is that this comes at a time when transit use is at near modern record levels. This report, based on a March 2010 survey, provides a national perspective on the extent to which the current recession is affecting public transit agencies and the tens of millions of Americans who use their services.
Cars Are Expensive: Transit Savings Report
Thursday, October 15th, 2009It’s probably not news that taking public transportation can save you money, but do you have any idea how much money?
View this complete post...Job Impacts of Spending on Public Transportation: An Update
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION
“Looking across the entire $47 billion spent on public transportation in the US each year, there is an average rate of approximately 36,000 jobs per billion dollars of public transportation spending (i.e., 36 jobs per million dollars of spending).”
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