From: "Alan Shilepsky" > "One of the very vocal supporters of lrt in Houston has written that nobody > rides the bus but minorities and the servant classes, and that's why lrt is > needed. By inference, he doesn't ride with "those" people."
The reality of who uses the transit system is much different. Some statistics from the Metro Tranist ridership survey: 70% of transit riders had another way of making the trip, ie they had a car available. 20% of transit riders had family incomes of $20,000 or less. 20% of transit riders had family incomes above $70,000 or more. The average incomes for transit riders, in fact, was just right at the average for the region. A couple of statistics that I don't have at my fingertip is that somewhat more women then men use public transit and a somewhat higher percentage of elderly use it. A couple of other fun statistics: 80% of people using transit are going to or from work. Also, 70% of people surveyed said that transit got them to where they were going faster than driving. Carol Becker Longfelllow TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
