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Public Transit Characteristics
SOURCE: Transit Fact Book, 1967, American Transit Association, Tables 6, 9 11, 13, 17 and 19.
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In sum, during the last 25 years of unprecedented urban population growth and arcal increase, public transportation, excluding commuter railroads, has lost almost 4 billion revenue passengers, Because of the failure of public transportation to respond either to an increased demand or to new types of transit requirements, and because the automobile has distinct advan- tages over mass transportation as it is now known, for most adults the private automobile has become the primary mode of travel within urban areas,12
