Via yesterday's New York Times:
More people rode the nation’s public buses, subways and commuter trains last year than in any year since 1956, when the federal government created the Interstate highway system, according to a report by a transit association...At the same time, according to the Federal Highway Administration, cumulative highway travel in 2008 declined 3.6% from 2007 levels: Americans drove 107.9 billion fewer miles in their motor vehicles.
Use of public transportation in the United States has risen 38 percent since 1995.
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