{"id":47946,"date":"2019-09-25T14:07:46","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T18:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=47946"},"modified":"2019-09-25T14:07:46","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T18:07:46","slug":"apta-reports-u-s-rail-ridership-up-in-second-quarter-compared-with-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/apta-reports-u-s-rail-ridership-up-in-second-quarter-compared-with-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"APTA reports U.S. rail ridership up in second quarter compared with 2018","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Americans took more than 2.5 billion passenger trips on public transportation in the second quarter of 2019, according to the quarterly Transit Ridership Report released by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), representing 11 million trips more than during the same period last year.<br \/>\nThese second-quarter results show an increase of nearly 0.5% across all modes compared to the second quarter of 2018, APTAA said in a news release summarizing the report. This includes a rise of 1.44% for heavy rail, 3.54% for commuter rail systems, 0.5% in bus systems in population areas exceeding 2 million people, and 1.51% in systems in communities of less than 100,000 residents, APTA said.<br \/>\nAmong commuter rail carriers that saw notable increases, the New York MTA&#8217;s Long Island Rail Road saw an increase of 10.6%. 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