At the time the average trips per day was approximately 30,000.
The cost of an average trip, which is now $4.30, will increase to $5.25.
The average trip from home to office was 34 minutes, he said.
The average trip covered 2.64 miles and lasted nearly 15 minutes.
And most riders seemed relatively unperturbed by the changes, which have raised the cost of an average 2.9-mile trip from $4.30 to $5.25.
In the region, the average trip was more than 33 minutes, down only slightly, if at all, since 2000.
An average trip to a less-developed country costs $4000 per person and includes about 12 participants for each of 150 trips a year.
The average recreational trip is 3.4 days, she said, and most people tend to stay within their region.
Are riders really expected to believe that the average trip requires another dollar's worth of gasoline?
The average trip is now eight miles, which translates into greater intracounty activity.