{"id":17952,"date":"2011-01-26T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T15:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecolocalizer.com\/?p=17952"},"modified":"2011-01-26T10:00:14","modified_gmt":"2011-01-26T15:00:14","slug":"public-transportation-saves-u-s-785-million-hours-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/public-transportation-saves-u-s-785-million-hours-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Transportation Saves U.S. 785 Million Hours a Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ecolocalizer.com\/bus-la-ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17953\" title=\"yellow bus\" src=\"http:\/\/ecolocalizer.com\/files\/2011\/01\/yellow-bus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a>I reported earlier that <a href=\"http:\/\/ecolocalizer.com\/2011\/01\/26\/save-9656-a-year-ride-public-transit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">riding public transportation can save you approximately $10,000 a year<\/a>. Well, even for those who don&#8217;t ride public transit, you are benefiting form it. Of course, you are benefiting because of the cleaner environment you get to live in, but you are also benefiting because public transit saves you time. Think it sucks to be stuck behind a bus? Imagine being stuck behind 20 cars instead. Get the picture? Here&#8217;s more from the American Public Transportation Association:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) today released its highly  regarded congestion report, 2010 Urban Mobility Report, which looked at  road congestion in 439 United States urban areas. As in past years, the  data overwhelmingly shows the importance of public transportation in  relieving congestion. In fact, the report\u2019s improved methodology  indicates that public transportation has an even greater role in  reducing congestion than previously thought.<\/p>\n<p>The 2010 Urban Mobility Report makes clear that without public  transportation services, travelers would have suffered an additional 785  million hours of delay and consumed 640 million more gallons of fuel.  Had there been no public transportation service available in the 439  urban areas studied, congestion costs for 2009 would have risen by  nearly $19 billion from $115 to $134 billion. (See\u00a0the table\u00a0below for  the top 36 urban areas.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no doubt that expanding public transportation use is key to  reducing traffic congestion,\u201d said American Public Transportation  Association (APTA) President William Millar. \u201cClearly, even if you don\u2019t  ride public transportation, it is still in your best interest to  support investment in public transit. Better public transportation in  your community means less congestion on the roads.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more here: <a href=\"http:\/\/apta.com\/mediacenter\/pressreleases\/2011\/Pages\/112001_TTI_Report.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Public Transportation Relieves Traffic Congestion<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hercwad\/2780319901\/sizes\/m\/in\/photostream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LA Ward<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I reported earlier that riding public transportation can save you approximately $10,000 a year. Well, even for those who don&#8217;t ride public transit, you are benefiting form it. Of course, you are benefiting because of the cleaner environment you get to live in, but you are also benefiting because public transit saves you time. Think &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/public-transportation-saves-u-s-785-million-hours-a-year\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Public Transportation Saves U.S. 785 Million Hours a Year<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[714,510,511,219,490,715,508,716,524,114,65,708,717],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Zach","author_link":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/author\/zshahan\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"I reported earlier that riding public transportation can save you approximately $10,000 a year. Well, even for those who don&#8217;t ride public transit, you are benefiting form it. Of course, you are benefiting because of the cleaner environment you get to live in, but you are also benefiting because public transit saves you time. 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