The statistic illustrates the results of survey that took place from 2008 to 2015 among U.S. adults about the use of public transit; the results were grouped by gender and transit mode. During that period, females accounted for 56 percent of the transit riders who used the bus as a transit mode.
Gender distribution of public transit travelers in the United States from 2008 to 2015, by transit mode
The report was prepared for the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) by CJI Research Corporation and uses data from 695,748 passenger questionnaires completed from 2008 to 2015, making it the most extensive public transit report in terms of demographics in the United States. The survey data includes a total of 211 reports on systems that carried a total of more than eight billion unlinked passenger trips. The majority of the surveys were paper-based with only one major survey in a large urban area conducted on a tablet and another major household survey conducted by telephone.
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APTA. (January 1, 2017). Gender distribution of public transit travelers in the United States from 2008 to 2015, by transit mode [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/715212/public-transit-use-gender-transit-mode-united-states/
APTA. "Gender distribution of public transit travelers in the United States from 2008 to 2015, by transit mode." Chart. January 1, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/715212/public-transit-use-gender-transit-mode-united-states/
APTA. (2017). Gender distribution of public transit travelers in the United States from 2008 to 2015, by transit mode. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/715212/public-transit-use-gender-transit-mode-united-states/
APTA. "Gender Distribution of Public Transit Travelers in The United States from 2008 to 2015, by Transit Mode." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jan 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/715212/public-transit-use-gender-transit-mode-united-states/
APTA, Gender distribution of public transit travelers in the United States from 2008 to 2015, by transit mode Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/715212/public-transit-use-gender-transit-mode-united-states/ (last visited December 25, 2024)
Gender distribution of public transit travelers in the United States from 2008 to 2015, by transit mode [Graph], APTA, January 1, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/715212/public-transit-use-gender-transit-mode-united-states/
