Benefits of Transit

According to the Center for Transportation Excellence, public transportation plays an integral role in
improving our nation's prosperity, equity and mobility. An overview of the benefits provides a powerful
rationale for investing in its future. Learn about how transit helps build strong communities, good health and a robust economy.

Economic Benefits

Americans travel over 40 billion miles on transit each year, reducing traffic congestion, creating livable communities and meeting the
need for basic mobility. While transit is funded at roughly $26 billion annually, its benefits far exceed its costs.

	Over 10 million Americans use transit for their daily work commute.
	Another 25 million people use transit less frequently, but on a regular basis.
	Transit projects provide an estimated 150 million annual transit trips.
	Without transit, the nation's $40 billion in annual traffic congestion losses would be $15 billion higher.
	Americans living in transit intensive metropolitan areas save $22 billion per year in transportation related expenses.
	The nation's 1,100 rural transit providers carry riders a billion miles each year.

	Transit providers employ over 250,000 people.
	Almost half of the nation's Fortune 500 companies, representing over $2 trillion in annual revenue, are headquartered in America's transit-intensive metropolitan areas.
	Low-income transit users value the mobility provided by transit to the tune of $23 billion per year