Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about APTA

Household Deficit Reduction: Transit Saves People Almost $10K a Year

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 10, 2011 | No Comments

With gas prices at their highest level since October 2008, the American Public Transportation Association’s monthly Transit Savings Report estimates that transit riders save, on average, $9,656 a year. Of course, not everyone has equal access to these massive savings. According to APTA’s numbers, which are based on gas prices ($3.08 per gallon last week) […]

APTA Report Prescribes Public Transport to Improve Public Health

By Noah Kazis | Aug 19, 2010 | 9 Comments

Transit use is correlated with decreases in the number of traffic crashes. Image: "Evaluating Public Transportation Health Benefits" A new report written by the Victoria Transport Policy Institute’s Todd Litman for the American Public Transit Association [PDF], the trade organization for the nation’s transit agencies, reminds us that one of the most valuable benefits of […]

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Transit Industry and State DOTs Agree: Senate Climate Bill Needs ‘Rewrite’

By Elana Schor | May 19, 2010 | No Comments

The transit industry’s leading D.C. lobbying outlet today joined the umbrella group for state DOTs and two major construction groups to protest the Senate climate bill’s failure to set aside all of the revenue from its proposed new fuel fees for infrastructure projects — specifically, to the cash-strapped highway trust fund that is generally split, […]

U.S. Transit Trips Hit 10.2B in 2009, With Light Rail Up in Nine Cities

By Elana Schor | Mar 10, 2010 | 5 Comments

(Photo: Model D Media) The nation’s transit systems hosted 10.2 billion trips last year, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) reported yesterday. While that figure represents a 3.8 percent decline from 2008, APTA’s data showed light rail ridership rising in nine cities and the long-term increase in transit use continuing to outpace growth in population […]