What percent of Americans rely on public transportation?
According to the American Community Survey (ACS), public transportation commuters constituted about 5 percent of all workers in the United States in 2019.
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Nationally, a 2016 Pew Research Center survey found that 11 percent of Americans take public transportation at least weekly, and 21 percent of urban residents use it regularly.
In 2020, people in the United States spent an average of almost 263.5 U.S. dollars on public transportation, a decrease from the 780.6 U.S. dollars spent in the previous year.
Public transit is essential to everyday living in communities across the country, providing access to jobs, schools, shopping, healthcare, and other services while enabling equitable access and sustainable mobility options. Unfortunately, 45% of Americans have no access to transit.
The United States is serviced by a wide array of public transportation, including various forms of bus, rail, ferry, and sometimes, airline services. Most established public transit systems are located in central, urban areas where there is enough density and public demand to require public transportation.
Not only is the New York City public transportation system the most extensive in the country, but it's also one of the few that operates all night long. Both subway trains and bus services run 24/7.
34 million times each weekday, people board public transportation. Public transportation is a $79 billion industry that employs more than 430,000 people. Approximately 6,800 organizations provide public transportation in the United States.
But the state of public transit in the U.S. is declining rapidly as transit across the nation faces a fiscal crisis. Philadelphia's SEPTA predicts a deficit of almost $269 million by 2027.
Overall, the United States ranked second behind Singapore, but it falls somewhat behind when it comes to transportation and utility infrastructure. On transportation, the forum's score takes into account eight measures, rating the United States No.12 globally.
91.7% of households had at least one vehicle in 2021. Only 8.3% of households did not have a vehicle. Idaho and Wyoming tied for the highest rate of car ownership nationwide, with 96.2% of households in both states reporting access to at least one vehicle in 2021.
In general, subways and metros are an affordable way to travel in American cities. Some rapid transit systems charge a flat fee, while others may charge by distance or time of day.
The largest group of public transportation commuters (46.3 percent of all public transporta- tion commuters, or about 3.6 million people) reported the bus as their primary commut- ing mode (Figure 2).