Just one more reason Transit needs to be a top priority for the State of Missouri. Missouri remains a state with some of the highest miles traveled per capita as evidenced in the table below. Currently, public transit receives a very small percentage of funding from the state of MO. This year, $560,000 was appropriated for 33 transit provides in the State of Missouri to split.
Annual Vehicle Miles Traveled Per Capita (2011) by Region and State
Northeast 8,773
Connecticut 8,713
Maine 10,727
Massachusetts 8,318
New Hampshire 9,650
New Jersey 8,286
New York 6,562
Pennsylvania 7,785
Rhode Island 7,515
Vermont 11,399
South Atlantic 9,763
Delaware 9,952
District of Columbia 5,774
Florida 10,067
Georgia 11,050
Maryland 9,646
North Carolina 10,746
South Carolina 10,414
Virginia 10,001
West Virginia 10,221
North Central 10,494
Illinois 8,022
Indiana 11,736
Iowa 10,213
Kansas 10,456
Michigan 9,594
Minnesota 10,606
Missouri 11,444
Nebraska 10,362
North Dakota 13,351
Ohio 9,700
South Dakota 10,924
Wisconsin (FHWA) 9,525
South Gulf 11,470
Alabama 13,516
Arkansas 11,216
Kentucky 11,000
Louisiana 10,167
Mississippi 13,044
Oklahoma 12,519
Tennessee 11,049
Texas 9,248
West 9,685
Alaska 6,355
Arizona 9,190
California 8511
Colorado 9,108
Hawaii 7,322
Idaho 10,055
Montana 11,681
Nevada 8,882
New Mexico 12,262
Oregon 8,619
Utah 9,308
Washington 8,339
Wyoming 16,272
The full PIRG report on state-by-state driving amounts can be read at: http://uspirg.org/sites/pirg/files/reports/Moving_Off_the_Road_USPIRG.pdf