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Table 4-17.Employed Heads of Households
Using Private Transit: Comparison with Time and Cost of Commuting
to Work on Public Transit, 1973
| Time and cost |
Percent |
| Employed heads of
households using private transportation |
100 |
| Time by public transit
would be |
|
| More |
74 |
| The same (within 10
minutes) |
23 |
| Less |
3 |
| Cost by public transit
would be |
|
| More |
40 |
| The same (within
$0.20) |
36 |
| Less |
25 |
| Source: Washington
Center for Metropolitan Studies' Lifestyles and Energy
Surveys. |
Table 4-18.Employed Heads of Households
Using Public Transit: Comparison with Commuting Time on Private
Transit, 1973
| Commuting time |
Percent |
| Employed heads of
households using public transportation |
100 |
| Time by private transit
would be |
|
| More |
16 |
| The same (within 10
minutes) |
33 |
| Less |
50 |
| Source: Washington
Center for Metropolitan Studies' Lifestyles and Energy
Surveys. |
use public transit plus those who could switch to public transit
and not spend more time commuting. If all those who could switch
would do so, the number of public transit users in the United
States would increase from 3.8 million to 6.9 million—an
increase of over 80 percent.
As can be
seen from the table, the greatest potential presently for
increasing public transit use is in the large metropolitan areas
and in the central cities of metropolitan areas. In both, without
increasing commuting time and