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Indicators: Leading Environmental Indicators*Taking the Bus
The average Connecticut resident took the bus a little more often in 2007.
After a four-year slide in bus riding, the average Connecticut resident took six percent more bus rides in 2006. Riding a bus is just one way to avoid the negative environmental consequences of driving a car. Ridership data are collected by the Department of Transportation. There was a 20% decline in per capita bus ridership from 2001 through 2005. Fares were increased in 2004 and 2005. Ridership rose about six percent in 2006, perhaps in response to high gasoline prices, and improved again slightly in 2007.
* Leading environmental indicators illustrate trends in behavior or practices that can be expected to influence the condition of tomorrow’s air, water, land and wildlife. | |
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