Survey shows Americans want more mobility options-- biking, walking, & transit

[IMAGE '387' /]Transportation For America released survey results last week indicating 59% of Americans would choose to reduce road congestion by adding more transportation options to the mix.

Four out of five voters support the idea of an expanded U.S. transportation system. The kind of system that allows people to use their cars if they want to, but also allows easier use of other ways to get from place to place. The poll results indicate that a majority of voters would like to spend less time in their cars, but 73% said they had no other choice but to drive.

Interestingly, according to T4America, "the desire to increase the amount of funding allocated to options beyond roads and highways was shared across demographic, geographic and political lines."

This survey demonstrates that people understand that putting more cars on more roads is not the best way to move people around more effectively.

[IMAGE '389' /]T4America co-chair Geoff Anderson reached this conclusion: "In small towns and big cities alike, Americans are saying loudly and clearly that their lives would be better, and their nation stronger, if we had world-class public transportation and more options for walking and bicycling."

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