Between 2005 and 2010, 3.5 million rural residents lost access to scheduled intercity transportation, increasing the percent of rural residents without access to intercity transportation from 7 to 11 percent. In 2005, 5.4 million rural residents lacked access to intercity transportation, with that total increasing to 8.9 million rural residents in 2010. Of the 71.7 million rural residents retaining access in 2010, 3.7 million lost access to more than one intercity transportation mode during the 5-year period.


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    Title :

    U.S. Rural Population and Scheduled Intercity Transportation in 2010: A Five-Year Decline in Transportation Access


    Publication date :

    2011


    Size :

    22 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English