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FIGURE C-20 Public Transit Ridership: 1995-2007

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TABLE C-20 Public Transit Ridership: 2006 - 2007

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  Ridership (thousands,unlinked trips)
Jan-06 812,592
Feb-06 780,552
Mar-06 893,107
Apr-06 817,331
May-06 865,840
Jun-06 826,177
Jul-06 787,488
Aug-06 845,626
Sep-06 868,243
Oct-06 906,551
Nov-06 854,351
Dec-06 805,150
Jan-07 816,143
Feb-07 759,976
Mar-07 880,082

NOTES: Public transportation includes transit bus, transit rail, commuter rail, trolleys, and several demand-responsive services. According to the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), an unlinked transit trip is a trip on one transit vehicle. A person riding one vehicle from origin to destination takes one unlinked trip; a person who transfers to a second vehicle takes two unlinked trips; a person who transfers to a third vehicle takes three unlinked trips. A linked trip includes all segments on all vehicles used to travel from origin to destination. APTA estimates that the number of people riding transit on an average weekday is 45 percent of the number of unlinked transit passenger trips.

SOURCE: American Public Transportation Association, APTA Quarterly Transit Ridership Report, available at: http://www.apta.com/research/stats/ridership/ as of August 2007.



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