re: #178 researchok

here’s trimet’s numbers:

Maintaining livability
Easing traffic congestion
MAX carries 26% of evening rushhour commuters traveling from
downtown on the Sunset Hwy. and
Banfield Fwy.
Westside MAX carries the equivalent
of 2.4 extra lanes of traffic on the
Sunset Hwy.
Most riders (81%) are choice riders:
they have a car available or choose
not to own one so they can ride
TriMet.
43% of adults in the region use
TriMet at least twice a month.
Clean air
Each weekday, MAX eliminates nearly
81,000 car trips from our roads,
easing traffic congestion and helping
keep our air clean. That adds up to
26.7 million fewer car trips each year.
TriMet’s MAX and buses combined
eliminate 205,300 daily car trips, or
65 million trips each year

sorry about the shitty formatting :D