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Public Transportation: By the Numbers
- 14 million: Americans that take public transportation daily.
- 40 percent: Reduction in U.S. reliance on foreign oil that would occur if one in ten Americans used public transportation daily.
- 79: Number of times safer that riding a bus is over riding in your own automobile.
- 855: Millions of gallons saved (equal to 45 million barrels of oil) from people taking public transportation each year. This is roughly the energy needed to power ¼ of all American homes annually.
- 6,000: Difference in pounds of global warming pollution that a diesel school bus emits over a natural gas school bus.
- 20 percent: Carbon monoxide emissions saved if one in five Americans rode public transportation daily; the savings would be greater than the combined emissions from all chemical manufacturing and metal processing industries.
Sources: American Public Transportation Association, Center for Transportation Excellence, National Resources Defense Council
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