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Waukesha Metro
Transit Benefits The Community
Who We Are
Waukesha Metro Transit is a team of 75 employees that are
dedicated to providing the citizens of the greater Waukesha
area with affordable, convenient, and efficient transit services.
Our Service Helps to Drive
the Local Economy
o 41.8% of riders are employed full time.
o 20.9% of riders are employed part time.
o 44.3% trips on Metro are taken for work.
o 14.2% trips on Metro are taken for school.
o 35% trips on Metro are taken for shopping.
o Over 2,500 trips are taken on Metro each weekday.
We Provide a Vital
Link Between Our Riders and the Community
o Only 26.9% of riders have access to a vehicle.
o 92.2% of riders use Metro at least once a week.
o 78.7% riders have household incomes under $35,000.
We Have Satisfied
Customers
o 83.3% of passengers rate Metro's service as excellent
or good.
o 84.7% of passengers rate the Downtown Transit Center as
excellent or good.
o 79.9% of passengers have recommended Metro to others.
State of Wisconsin
Transit Facts
o 95 million trips a year are taken on Wisconsin Transit
Systems.
o 2,900 Transit workers statewide including drivers, mechanics,
dispatchers and administrative staff
o Breakdown of Transit Systems in Wisconsin
- 28 Urban and Rural Bus Systems
- 43 Shared-ride Taxi Systems
Benefits of Transit*
o Transit Systems in Wisconsin generate a 3 to 1 return
on investment.
o Transit Systems in Wisconsin save consumers more than
$730 million a year.
o 95.8% of this benefit is generated within cities with
populations of 50,000, including Waukesha.
o 45.6% of this benefit is generated from work trips.
o Without Transit in Wisconsin, 15 million trips would not
be made including:
- 9 million lost work trips
- 3 million lost education trips
- 1 million lost healthcare trips
- 2 million lost retail trips
*Source: "The Socio-Economic Benefits
of Transit in Wisconsin" conducted by HLB Decision Economics,
Inc in 2003 as commissioned by the Wisconsin Department of
Transportation.
Additional Benefits
of Transit
o Public transportation provides personal mobility and
freedom.
o Public transportation is an immediate means of helping
our environment and conserving energy. If one in ten Americans
used public transportation regularly, the U.S. reliance
on foreign oil could be cut by more than 40 percent-the
amount we import from Saudi Arabia each year.
o Public transportation helps relieve traffic congestion,
reducing hours of delay in major travel corridors.
o Every $10 million invested in public transportation capital
projects generates 300 jobs, and the same amount invested
in transit operations generates 600 jobs.
o In 2001, Americans took 9.5 billion trips using public
transportation, an increase of 1.9 percent from the previous
year -- the equivalent of more than a million new trips
each day.
o An estimated 14 million Americans ride public transportation
each weekday and an additional 25 million use it on a less
frequent but regular basis.
o In 2000, America's public transportation systems employed
350,000 workers to operate, maintain and manage all modes
of transit.
o Public transportation is a key force in moving former
welfare recipients into the workforce as permanent wage
earners. American Public Transportation Association's 1999
"Access to Work Best Practices Survey" revealed
that an estimated 94 percent of welfare recipients attempting
to move into the workforce rely on public transportation.
To learn more about public transit and the benefits it provides
the community, please go to www.publictransportation.org
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