One thing you frequently read is that nobody rides public transportation, the real meaning being "people like us" don't ride transportation. It's true that other than in New York City where just about everybody rides the subway, in this country public transit users tend to be poorer, but presumably they count as people too. Or should at least.
According to the latest figures I could find, there are a bit fewer 750K weekday trips on my hilariously flawed but surprisingly comprehensive local transit authority system. In LA, where no one rides public transit, there are about 1.3 million weekday boardings.
