Why Cars Keep Beating Public Transit

Advances in public transit have yet to put a serious dent in American's desire to drive.

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October 31, 2000, 10:00 AM PST

"According to the Surface Transportation Policy Project, a nonprofit group that analyzes transportation data, traffic delays in 68 cities increased 235 percent between 1982 and 1997. In that same time, population in those cities rose only 22 percent. Americans make nearly 90 percent of all trips in a private vehicle, and more than 20 percent of those trips are work related, according to the US Department of Transportation. "

Thanks to Laura Krafft

FULL STORY: Why commuters stay stuck in drive

Monday, October 23, 2000 in The Christian Science Monitor

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