Transit use

This press release doesn't give details of the nationwide increase, but this deserves some attention:

BC Transit's Municipal Systems Program carried a total of 18.6 million passengers in 2004/05, an increase of 841,000 (5%)over the previous year. This is more than double the 2.4% increase in ridership posted by transit systems across Canada. The program includes 69 transit systems across British Columbia outside Greater Vancouver and Victoria.

I'd be interested to see the source of the nationwide numbers, and of course a breakdown of where the increases were the greatest. In any event, it's great news that (even before the added money for transit this year) people are making better use of an environmentally-friendly option.