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National Transit Database

Opinion: Transit ridership trends are dismal but regional plans are oblivious

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Opinion: Transit ridership trends are dismal but regional plans are oblivious

Puget Sound transit passenger-miles fell 31% from 2015 to 2024 despite a half-million-resident population ...

Puget Sound transit passenger-miles fell 31% from 2015 to 2024 despite a half-million-resident population increase. ...

Tuesday, August 18, 2026
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Opinion: $2 trillion and no one aboard

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|Date: Monday, May 11, 2026

Opinion: $2 trillion and no one aboard

Randal O'Toole argues $2.1 trillion in federal transit subsidies has produced fewer riders per capita tha ...

Randal O'Toole argues $2.1 trillion in federal transit subsidies has produced fewer riders per capita than 60 years ago. ...

Monday, May 11, 2026
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Letter: Update – Extremely low bus ridership does not justify expensive TriMet light rail

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Thursday, April 23, 2026

Letter: Update – Extremely low bus ridership does not justify expensive TriMet light rail

Camas resident challenges IBR's $3.5 billion light rail plan with C-TRAN ridership data showing transit u ...

Camas resident challenges IBR's $3.5 billion light rail plan with C-TRAN ridership data showing transit use has halved since 2006. ...

Thursday, April 23, 2026
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Opinion: TriMet needs ZERO new light rail vehicles for the I-5 Bridge replacement

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Friday, November 14, 2025

Opinion: TriMet needs ZERO new light rail vehicles for the I-5 Bridge replacement

The column details TriMet’s large spare MAX fleet, revised ridership projections, and cost comparisons wi ...

The column details TriMet’s large spare MAX fleet, revised ridership projections, and cost comparisons with C-TRAN buses in the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program. ...

Friday, November 14, 2025
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Opinion: $1.8 trillion for nothing

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|Date: Thursday, November 6, 2025

Opinion: $1.8 trillion for nothing

Randall O’Toole argues that despite $1.8 trillion in taxpayer funding since 1991, transit use has decline ...

Randall O’Toole argues that despite $1.8 trillion in taxpayer funding since 1991, transit use has declined, delivering little public benefit for massive spending. ...

Thursday, November 6, 2025
| by ClarkCountyToday.com

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