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Originally Posted by nixcity

Here is an article showing that despite these issues many cities are seeing an INCREASE in ridership, not the 7.7% decrease we saw. There is just a 1% decrease nationwide.
http://www.apta.com/mediacenter/pres...ridership.aspx

WHAT 7% DECREASE?

Okay, here's the whole end of year 2014 APTA ridership report.

The exact same one your article is referencing. It's even freaking linked from your article.

http://www.apta.com/resources/statis...rship-APTA.pdf


TX Austin Capital Metropolitan Trp Auth TOTAL 124.3 3,678.5 3,071.7 2,299.3 3,140.0 2,787.5 33,778.0 34,179.6 3,478.7 -3.79% -1.17%



"There is just a 1% decrease nationwide." That's exactly what Austin had.



Here's the 2015 end of year report:

TX Austin Capital Metropolitan Trp Auth TOTAL 108.0 3,461.6 3,046.5 2,284.8 3,076.3 2,299.3 33,523.6 33,782.6 -0.77%