This Week in Passenger Transport
March 20, 2006
The American public would like an increasing proportion of passenger travel in the future to be conducted by commuter rail and local bus service, according to a recent nationwide Harris Poll.
Commuter trains topped the list of nine modes of transportation that adults would like to see "have an increasing share of passenger transportation." Commuter trains (44 percent) was followed by long-distance trains (35 percent) and local bus service (23 percent) when Americans were asked, "In the future, as more people travel, which two of the following would you like to see have an increasing share of all passenger transportation?"
Travel by automobile trailed in the poll, with 11 percent of those questioned supporting an increased share of local travel by car and 10 percent favoring a higher proportion of long-distance travel by car.
The public opinion poll of U.S. adults conducted online by Harris Interactive ®
also revealed that safety and energy efficiency are the top two priorities of Americans for the future of passenger transportation.
The pollsters found 47 percent of the respondents selecting safety, and 44 percent choosing energy efficiency. These priorities were followed by cost (29 percent), environmental impact (27 percent), and reliability (26 percent).
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