Advocacy campaign for public transportation

The National Alliance of Public Transportation Advocates (which presumably is an initiative of the American Public Transportation Association) has a campaign promoting public transportation that you can sign up for through Capitol Connect (the lobbying software group).

From the campaign webpage:

"No matter how you get where you need to go, you feel the effects of public transportation in one way or another. Buses, trains, subways, and other federally funded mobility resources impact not only riders, but also drivers, and the American economy, job market, and environment.

If everyone who took transit to work decided to drive to work instead, they would fill a nine-lane highway from Boston to Los Angeles.

According to a recent survey, AAA members who rely almost exclusively on automobiles for their daily transportation needs, would still opt to spend more money on public transit than on new roads.

If one in five Americans used public transportation daily, carbon monoxide pollution would decrease by more than all the emissions from the entire chemical manufacturing industry and all metal processing plants in the U.S.

For every 10,000 solo commuters who leave their cars at home and commute on an existing public transportation service for one year, the nation reduces fuel consumption by 2.7 million gallons.

A bus with as few as seven passengers is more fuel efficient than the average car with one occupant used for commuting. (This is a surprise to me, although it's strictly about fuel efficiency and doesn't take into account the cost of operating the bus.)

There's more information on the National Alliance of Public Transportation Advocates website.

And, I was using the Washington Post website after posting this entry, and a banner ad from this campaign was displayed during one of my page lookups, which if you click on it, takes you to the same place linked to above.