leisure trips account for a small fraction of the kind of trip we're talking about they APTA's study shows something like 15% of public transit trips are socia

leisure trips account for a small fraction of the kind of trip we're talking about they APTA's study shows something like 15% of public transit trips are social or shopping/dining related[1]. i suspect the proportion would be similar (or lower) wrt road traffic. [1] American Public Transportation Association: http://www.apta.com/resources/statistics/Documents/transit_passenger_characteristics_text_5_29_2007.pdf http://www.apta.com/resources/statistics/Documents/transit_p...