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<p>Ok, so five (5) per cent is a national figure. It is a starting point that tells us that pubic transit is not widely used in the United States. </p> <p>So how about 8.5 to 12 per cent of the people in the Chicago area as public transit users as per the APTA. Or 4.8 to 6.4 per cent of the folks in the Dallas light rail service areas. Are these reasonable indicators of people's interest in and use of public transit? </p> <p>I worked on the DART referendum effort. My big, really big, corporate employer assigned me to the team that got it done. Out of the effort came DART and its light rail program, amongst things. I rode the bus to work practically every day of my working life in Dallas. So where is the motivation issue?</p> <p>My main point is that relatively few Americans opt for public transit when they have choices, although they do so in varying degrees depending upon where they live.</p>
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