Here are just a few tidbits from a new national poll conducted by Transportation for America, Public Opinion Strategies, and Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz and Associates:
- An overwhelming majority (82%) of Americans believe the country would benefit from improved public transportation.
- Most Americans (57% “strongly”) would like to spend less time in their cars.
- An overwhelming majority of Americans find current public transportation either not available at all (47%) or not convenient (35%) in their communities.
- A strong majority (59%) see public transportation as the best strategy for reducing traffic congestion.
There is much more. Here is an excellent slideshow summary of the poll results:
Read more detail about the poll here, and federal transportation secretary Ray LaHood’s statement about the results here.
Kaid Benfield writes (almost) daily about community, development, and the environment. For more posts, see his blog's home page.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment