The survey also suggests that if there were more transit service, more people would use it, with just around 50% of those surveyed said they would be more likely to use public transit more often if either it was available closer to where they live, or if it operated more frequently.
Not long ago, companies like Uber and Lyft were considered a threat to public transportation, but now, many cities and transit agencies are starting to work with these ridesharing services to create more multimodal options for their customers.
VTA's mobile ticketing app, EventTIK, enabled Super Bowl goers to purchase their fare in advance to make riding public transit easy and convenient.
The TPB survey, conducted during the process of creating a Regional Transportation Priorities Plan, contacted 10,000 randomly selected people in 13 cities and counties in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia to ask them what their transportation challenges were on a day-to-day basis.