Performance Measures for the Top 150 Transit Agencies

ID

Agency Name

City

State

Operating Expense

Vehicle Revenue Miles

Vehicle Revenue Hours

Unlinked Trips

Passenger Miles

Cost per VRM

Cost per VRH

Cost per Trip

Cost per Passenger Mile

Trips per VRM

Trips per VRH

Average Trip Length

Load Factor

Revenue Speed

2008

MTA New York City Transit

New York

NY

$4,615.5

456.9

32.9

2,758.3

10,375.2

$10.1

$140.3

$1.7

$0.4

6.0

83.8

3.8

22.7

13.9

5066

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

IL

$1,214.6

150.2

11.6

492.3

1,936.1

$8.1

$104.7

$2.5

$0.6

3.3

42.4

3.9

12.9

13.0

9154

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Los Angeles

CA

$975.3

106.0

8.1

451.5

1,850.2

$9.2

$120.5

$2.2

$0.5

4.3

55.8

4.1

17.4

13.1

3030

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Washington

DC

$1,035.4

112.8

6.6

414.1

1,868.1

$9.2

$155.7

$2.5

$0.6

3.7

62.3

4.5

16.6

17.0

1003

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Boston

MA

$893.1

89.0

6.3

394.9

1,738.7

$10.0

$140.7

$2.3

$0.5

4.4

62.2

4.4

19.5

14.0

3019

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

Philadelphia

PA

$856.2

83.7

6.5

334.5

1,475.9

$10.2

$131.8

$2.6

$0.6

4.0

51.5

4.4

17.6

12.9

2080

New Jersey Transit Corporation

Newark

NJ

$1,399.5

148.3

8.0

244.1

3,065.3

$9.4

$175.5

$5.7

$0.5

1.6

30.6

12.6

20.7

18.6

9015

San Francisco Municipal Railway

San Francisco

CA

$453.9

25.8

3.2

216.9

429.5

$17.6

$141.9

$2.1

$1.1

8.4

67.8

2.0

16.6

8.1

4022

Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

Atlanta

GA

$309.0

48.5

2.9

142.4

716.5

$6.4

$107.3

$2.2

$0.4

2.9

49.5

5.0

14.8

16.8

0008

Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon

Portland

OR

$293.5

36.8

2.7

104.5

432.6

$8.0

$107.6

$2.8

$0.7

2.8

38.3

4.1

11.8

13.5

3034

Maryland Transit Administration

Baltimore

MD

$401.4

40.0

2.7

103.4

652.6

$10.0

$146.0

$3.9

$0.6

2.6

37.6

6.3

16.3

14.5

4034

Miami-Dade Transit

Miami

FL

$353.5

44.5

3.2

103.2

468.5

$7.9

$109.8

$3.4

$0.8

2.3

32.1

4.5

10.5

13.8

9003

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District

Oakland

CA

$411.9

60.0

1.8

99.3

1,255.5

$6.9

$232.1

$4.1

$0.3

1.7

56.0

12.6

20.9

33.8

0001

King County Department of Transportation - Metro Transit Division

Seattle

WA

$401.3

52.5

3.9

98.6

514.9

$7.6

$104.2

$4.1

$0.8

1.9

25.6

5.2

9.8

13.6

2100

MTA Long Island Rail Road

Jamaica

NY

$944.5

58.7

2.0

95.5

1,925.7

$16.1

$482.8

$9.9

$0.5

1.6

48.8

20.2

32.8

30.0

6008

Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas

Houston

TX

$308.0

60.1

3.8

94.6

552.0

$5.1

$81.5

$3.3

$0.6

1.6

25.0

5.8

9.2

15.9

8006

Denver Regional Transportation District

Denver

CO

$295.1

53.4

3.4

86.3

443.2

$5.5

$86.6

$3.4

$0.7

1.6

25.3

5.1

8.3

15.7

2078

Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company, dba: MTA Metro-North Railroad

New York

NY

$715.1

52.0

1.5

74.7

1,551.9

$13.8

$475.9

$9.6

$0.5

1.4

49.7

20.8

29.9

34.6

6056

Dallas Area Rapid Transit

Dallas

TX

$292.7

37.7

2.4

72.6

413.9

$7.8

$119.6

$4.0

$0.7

1.9

29.7

5.7

11.0

15.4

2098

Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation

Jersey City

NJ

$196.7

12.9

0.7

71.3

307.1

$15.3

$280.5

$2.8

$0.6

5.5

101.6

4.3

23.9

18.3

5027

Metro Transit

Minneapolis

MN

$217.4

25.9

2.1

69.7

309.7

$8.4

$103.0

$3.1

$0.7

2.7

33.0

4.4

12.0

12.3

5118

Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation

Chicago

IL

$477.9

38.3

1.2

68.6

1,548.3

$12.5

$386.2

$7.0

$0.3

1.8

55.4

22.6

40.5

30.9

9036

Orange County Transportation Authority

Orange

CA

$212.0

32.7

2.4

68.5

294.5

$6.5

$86.7

$3.1

$0.7

2.1

28.0

4.3

9.0

13.4

9002

City and County of Honolulu Department of Transportation Services

Honolulu

HI

$144.7

22.5

1.7

68.2

300.2

$6.4

$87.4

$2.1

$0.5

3.0

41.2

4.4

13.3

13.6

3022

Port Authority of Allegheny County

Pittsburgh

PA

$274.4

29.5

2.3

67.2

285.0

$9.3

$120.3

$4.1

$1.0

2.3

29.4

4.2

9.7

12.9

5015

The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority

Cleveland

OH

$216.0

27.9

2.1

65.5

281.4

$7.7

$102.1

$3.3

$0.8

2.3

31.0

4.3

10.1

13.2

9014

Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District

Oakland

CA

$230.1

21.1

1.8

64.6

200.1

$10.9

$127.8

$3.6

$1.2

3.1

35.9

3.1

9.5

11.7

9045

Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada

Las Vegas

NV

$113.8

21.5

1.7

53.6

195.1

$5.3

$66.3

$2.1

$0.6

2.5

31.2

3.6

9.1

12.5

5008

Milwaukee County Transit System

Milwaukee

WI

$140.3

22.5

1.7

51.5

142.4

$6.2

$82.5

$2.7

$1.0

2.3

30.3

2.8

6.3

13.2

7006

Bi-State Development Agency

St. Louis

MO

$170.4

26.0

1.7

46.4

253.4

$6.5

$98.7

$3.7

$0.7

1.8

26.9

5.5

9.7

15.1

4105

Department of Transportation and Public Works

San Juan

PR

$43.0

42.5

2.9

46.1

230.7

$1.0

$14.9

$0.9

$0.2

1.1

16.0

5.0

5.4

14.8

9032

City of Phoenix Public Transit Department

Phoenix

AZ

$123.2

22.4

1.7

45.7

174.4

$5.5

$74.3

$2.7

$0.7

2.0

27.6

3.8

7.8

13.5

4029

Broward County Mass Transit Division

Pompano Beach

FL

$107.5

24.9

2.0

41.6

175.9

$4.3

$54.7

$2.6

$0.6

1.7

21.2

4.2

7.0

12.7

6011

VIA Metropolitan Transit

San Antonio

TX

$109.2

25.2

1.7

40.7

180.6

$4.3

$64.1

$2.7

$0.6

1.6

23.9

4.4

7.2

14.8

9013

Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority

San Jose

CA

$265.0

23.8

1.8

38.5

166.7

$11.1

$149.4

$6.9

$1.6

1.6

21.7

4.3

7.0

13.4

8001

Utah Transit Authority

Salt Lake City

UT

$129.0

29.3

1.5

38.2

206.4

$4.4

$84.4

$3.4

$0.6

1.3

25.0

5.4

7.0

19.2

5113

Pace - Suburban Bus Division

Arlington Heights

IL

$159.7

36.9

2.3

36.9

273.4

$4.3

$69.1

$4.3

$0.6

1.0

16.0

7.4

7.4

16.0

5119

City of Detroit Department of Transportation

Detroit

MI

$187.7

17.8

1.4

35.6

192.3

$10.5

$132.0

$5.3

$1.0

2.0

25.0

5.4

10.8

12.5

6048

Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Austin

TX

$121.4

18.2

1.3

33.2

113.4

$6.7

$91.1

$3.7

$1.1

1.8

24.9

3.4

6.2

13.6

2007

Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority, dba: MTA Long Island Bus

Garden City

NY

$113.5

13.0

1.0

31.4

155.8

$8.7

$111.4

$3.6

$0.7

2.4

30.8

5.0

12.0

12.8

9019

Sacramento Regional Transit District

Sacramento

CA

$129.3

14.4

1.1

31.2

124.9

$9.0

$115.5

$4.1

$1.0

2.2

27.9

4.0

8.7

12.8

9147

City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation

Los Angeles

CA

$55.6

12.0

1.0

31.1

76.4

$4.6

$57.3

$1.8

$0.7

2.6

32.1

2.5

6.4

12.4

9054

San Diego Trolley, Inc.

San Diego

CA

$48.0

7.1

0.4

29.3

188.0

$6.8

$130.3

$1.6

$0.3

4.2

79.7

6.4

26.6

19.2

4086

Metropolitan Bus Authority

San Juan

PR

$65.6

7.7

0.8

28.5

102.0

$8.5

$79.5

$2.3

$0.6

3.7

34.6

3.6

13.3

9.3

9023

Long Beach Transit

Long Beach

CA

$54.4

7.8

0.7

27.0

73.7

$7.0

$76.9

$2.0

$0.7

3.5

38.2

2.7

9.4

11.0

5012

Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority

Cincinnati

OH

$74.9

13.2

0.9

26.2

141.5

$5.7

$79.1

$2.9

$0.5

2.0

27.6

5.4

10.8

13.9

2076

Westchester County Bee-Line System

Mount Vernon

NY

$96.3

9.1

0.8

25.1

125.0

$10.5

$127.9

$3.8

$0.8

2.8

33.4

5.0

13.7

12.1

3051

Ride-On Montgomery County Transit

Rockville

MD

$84.0

17.8

1.3

25.0

74.2

$4.7

$65.8

$3.4

$1.1

1.4

19.6

3.0

4.2

13.9

4035

Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority

Orlando

FL

$83.6

20.9

1.4

24.8

160.2

$4.0

$61.3

$3.4

$0.5

1.2

18.2

6.5

7.7

15.3

9026

San Diego Metropolitan Transit System

San Diego

CA

$78.1

10.1

0.8

24.4

93.7

$7.7

$94.2

$3.2

$0.8

2.4

29.4

3.8

9.3

12.2

0035

Washington State Ferries

Seattle

WA

$170.3

1.0

0.1

23.9

183.0

$179.1

$1,315.9

$7.1

$0.9

25.1

184.6

7.7

192.5

7.3

3083

Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads, dba: Hampton Roads Transit

Hampton

VA

$53.7

12.6

0.9

23.7

105.3

$4.3

$59.9

$2.3

$0.5

1.9

26.5

4.4

8.4

14.1

2004

Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority

Buffalo

NY

$91.5

10.1

0.9

23.5

76.8

$9.0

$104.4

$3.9

$1.2

2.3

26.8

3.3

7.6

11.6

9008

Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus

Santa Monica

CA

$42.6

5.0

0.5

20.6

69.4

$8.5

$92.6

$2.1

$0.6

4.1

44.7

3.4

13.8

10.9

2082

New York City Department of Transportation

New York

NY

$68.5

0.2

0.0

20.0

104.2

$386.8

$4,079.6

$3.4

$0.7

113.2

1,193.8

5.2

588.6

10.5

1001

Rhode Island Public Transit Authority

Providence

RI

$77.9

11.5

0.9

19.3

87.1

$6.8

$84.8

$4.0

$0.9

1.7

21.0

4.5

7.6

12.6

9185

MTS Contract Services

San Diego

CA

$51.5

12.7

0.9

18.4

70.5

$4.1

$54.4

$2.8

$0.7

1.5

19.5

3.8

5.6

13.4

4008

Charlotte Area Transit System

Charlotte

NC

$69.6

15.0

1.0

17.8

89.5

$4.7

$72.4

$3.9

$0.8

1.2

18.5

5.0

6.0

15.6

9033

City of Tucson

Tucson

AZ

$48.7

9.5

0.8