Interesting Transit Facts Transit and the Environment Consider
transit as your transportation alternative and help protect our
environment. - A car driver uses more energy and creates more
air pollution in just 4 years than a transit passenger in 40
years. - The average cost to keep a car on the road is about
$8,000.00 a year or about $660 per month? (based on 12,000
km/year, including insurance, fuel, maintenance and parking). -
In rush hour, there’s an average of 1.2 persons per car. At that
rate 2 buses can carry as many people as a hundred cars. In a
single lane the cars would stretch over a third of a mile; the
buses only 90 feet – and that can reduce congestion, noise and
air pollution by over 90%. - In Canada, urban motorists account
for over 40% of the energy for transportation while transit
systems account for only 2%. - Winnipeg Transit carries about
20% of all people travelling to and from work in Winnipeg. -
Reducing the number of vehicles on the road reduces emissions of
carbon dioxide that contr