Alan Pisarski, editor of the Commuting in America series, says public transportation's image is improving. "There are areas where there is a more positive view of transit," he says. "I think in some areas, people do have a more positive view."
, state or county, or a firm it hires, "will do what's called a screen line. They draw an imaginary line around the city, and everything that crosses that line, they count," says Alan Pisarski, author of Commuting in America, the comprehensive periodic examination of the nation's commuting patterns.
Date: Jan 15, 2014
Category: Business
Source: Google
Is America's love affair with the automobile over?
Demographic changes are also a factor. The peak driving years for most people are between ages 45 and 55 when they are the height of their careers and have more money to spend, said transportation analyst Alan Pisarski, author of "Commuting in America." Now, the last of the baby boomers the giant
On average, it took no longer to get to work in 2011 than it did in 2000, said Alan Pisarski, author of the continuing series "Commuting in America," who attributes the stagnancy to economic woes.
Date: Mar 05, 2013
Category: Business
Source: Google
Aging drivers present new transportation challenge
and 55, but taper off after that. "With this immense slug of the population sliding off their peak driving years, we would have to expect total travel might go down a bit," said Alan Pisarski, author of the Transportation Research Board's comprehensive Commuting in America reports on travel trends.