STATISTICS * USA - Motorcoaches America's Top Commercial People Mover, Study Finds
Washington,DC,USA -PRNewswire/USNewswire -Jan. 27, 2009: -- The motorcoach industry is the number one commercial people mover in the United States, accounting for 751 million passenger trips in 2007, up nearly 20 percent from the previous figure of 631 million passenger trips in 2005, according to a newly updated industry census released today by the American Bus Association... The December 2008 study, "The Economic Impacts and Social Benefits of the U.S. Motorcoach Industry: Binding the Nation Together by Providing Diverse and Affordable Services to Everyone," was produced by research firm Nathan Associates Inc., and updates previous census reports issued in 2005 and 2006... "The motorcoach industry is the number one [commercial] people mover," the study reports. "In 2007, the industry provided 751 million passenger trips. The industry provided nearly 9% more passenger trips than commercial airlines (excluding foreign-flag air carriers) and 67% more than Amtrak and commuter rail combined"...
* Golden Gate Bridge traffic down, bus ridership up
San Francisco,CAL,USA -The Marin IJ, by Mark Prado -25 Jan 2009: -- If Golden Gate Bridge traffic has seemed a little lighter or Golden Gate Transit buses a little fuller in recent months, it's not your imagination... Traffic on the span dropped 3.6 percent from July through December compared with the same period in 2007, while bus ridership increased 3.9 percent in the six-month period, according to Golden Gate Bridge District figures released last week... (Photo)Labels: passengers' statistics
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