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Transport Facts: USA

URBAN TRANSPORT SUBSIDIES
Urban Transport Subsidies: 1961-1996: > $310 Billion (1996$)
($230 billion nominal$)
 Urban Transport Federal Subsidies: 1961-1996: > $130 Billion (1996$)
($82 billion nominal$)

URBAN TRANSPORT RIDERSHIP
Daily Passenger Journeys (1994): 19 Million

Includes school riders on urban transport
Work Trip Market Share: 5.1 Percent (1990)
Overall Market Share: 2 percent (1990)
Annual Per Capita Passenger Journeys: 28.5 (1994)
Change in Annual Per Capita Journeys from 1990-1994: -8.1 percent

INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM
Interstate Highway System: Cost to Compete (1996$): $329 billion
Lives Saved by Interstate System: 187,000 (1956-1996)
Injuries Avoided through use of Interstate System: 11.8 million (1956-1996)
Economic Savings Due to Safety of Interstates: $368 Billion (1996$)

SCHOOL BUS SERVICE
Daily School Bus Ridership: 44 Million (1994)

(Not Carried by Urban Transport Systems)

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