LA Residents Spend More on Transportation than Others

| | Comments (0) |

downtown.jpg The typical household in the Los Angeles area spent almost $11,000 annually on transportation, with only a small fraction going to mass transit. Transportation costs amounted to almost one-fifth of total household expenses there, reports the New York Times.

For New Yorkers, annual transportation costs were $7,581, less than one-seventh of all spending. The typical Chicago household spent $8,875, one-sixth of its total expenditures, on transportation.

Read the story HERE.

How much does transportation cost you? Tell our blog!

Leave a comment

About Along
for the Ride

Sue Doyle covers transportation issues for
the Los Angeles Daily News.

Write to her at sue.doyle@dailynews.com.

About this Entry

This page contains a single entry by Sue Doyle published on May 31, 2007 3:21 PM.

Topanga Cyn Summer Beach Bus Starts June 25 was the previous entry in this blog.

San Gabriel Turns on Heat for Transit Money is the next entry in this blog.

Find recent content on the main index or look in the archives to find all content.

Recent Comments

Powered by Movable Type 4.1