Transportation by the Numbers

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Transportation

by the Numbers

Posted: 28-Jul-2008; Updated:

30-Jul-2008

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With

gas prices skyrocketing, public transit ridership is at an all time high.

Instead of cutting back on public transportation services, we should be

reforming our national transportation system to create more affordable travel

options for the whole country.

Check

out our 10 Facts About Oil and Gas to learn more.

96

Percent

of the world's transportation energy currently supplied by oil.

$75

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Cost

of barrel of oil on July 18th, 2007.

$131

Cost

of barrel of oil on July 18th, 2008.

9.6

billion

Number

of fewer miles Americans drove in May 2008 compared to May 2007.

10.3

billion

Number

of trips taken via the U.S.

public transportation system in 2007, the highest in 50 years.

44

Percent

increase in price of diesel fuel paid by public transit agencies.

20

Percent

of America's

public transit agencies that are cutting services due to budget constraints.

46

Percent

of population that has no access to public transit.

$6,251

Amount

the average two-worker household saves annually by taking public transportation

instead of driving a car.

2030

Year

by which lifting the ban on offshore drilling may start to impact the price of

gas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Erika Sotirakos

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