| Those numbers sound great, but I think they also don't really give a true representation of what's going on. For example, let's take the one with the "biggest" jump, Seattle. Let's play with made up numbers: assume that 15% of the Seattle population was using the subway before. With the 28% increase, that's now up to 19%. That's not a hell of a lot, really. It's definitely a nice start.
The other thing is, I think Seattle's numbers can't possibly only be caused by fuel costs. Did a new line just open in the past year or something?
However, along those lines, I was reading that SUV and truck sales in the US are down something like 20-30%, while everyone's stampeding over to "crossover" utility vehicles. I guess that's a start, too. Of course hybrid sales are going absolutely stupid, but that can largely be attributed to the fact that new models are being made available all the time. But it's great that there's a demand for them. | 