Transit's Declining Mode Share

According to the Federal Highway Administration, 7.5% of all Puget Sound commuters used transit to commute to work in 1980. In 2000, the percentage of commuters using transit fell to 6.8%.

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Despite the huge spending increases in public transit over the last two and half decades, mode share is falling. Why?

The Seattle Times has an answer...

"The stick of tolls, congestion pricing and creative limits on parking supply needs to be matched with the carrots of more transit options and broader availability of plug-in technology for hybrid cars"

Now, as you wonder how big and pointy the government's stick needs to be, wave good bye to your freedom of mobility.