- A WMATA demographic report shows that the median income of Metrorail riders is $102, 110. Considering some of the misconceptions out there about transit and how it brings in the “bad element”, it should be a real eye-opener that more than half of Metrorail riders earn six figures. Yes, suburbanites, there is a very real danger that Metrorail will bring hordes of the upper middle class to your community. The horror!
- A survey by the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority shows that 23% of county residents want better access to transit and 22% want to live in a more walkable environment. Given Fairfax County’s population of 1, 015, 302, this implies there are approximately 233, 000 people currently living in Fairfax County who would prefer to live in a more urban environment. Extrapolating for the Washington region as a whole, there could be as many as a million people in our metropolitan area who want to live the urban lifestyle, but for whom the market has been incapable of providing the chance. Opponents of Smart Growth and other pro-urban planning would do well to keep these numbers in mind.
- The Transportation Planning Board (TPB) has been releasing findings from its household travel survey over the last couple of months. The survey has all sorts of interesting info about transportation, from mode-share to the composition of the automobile fleet. Go here andhere.
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