Data Used to Compile Graphics

Funds Applied to Transit 1997 - 2006 (Constant 2000 Dollars)

Year	Unlinked Passenger Trips (Millions)	Federal Funding (Millions)
1997	7,954	$4,987
1998	8,115	$4,604
1999	8,523	$4,705
2000	8,720	$5,267
2001	9,008	$6,435
2002	9,017	$5,965
2003	8,876	$6,249
2004	8,937	$6,315
2005	9,175	$6,009
2006	9,379	$6,834
% Change	17.9%	37%

Vehicle Revenue Miles (Millions) by Mode 1997 - 2006

Year	Bus	Commuter Rail	Demand Response	Heavy Rail	Light Rail	Vanpool	Other Modes	Total
1997	1,606	230	350	540	40	40	48	2,853
1998	1,653	238	389	549	42	53	46	2,971
1999	1,719	243	418	561	47	60	62	3,111
2000	1,764	248	452	578	51	62	47	3,202
2001	1,821	253	490	591	53	66	45	3,319
2002	1,864	259	525	604	60	71	45	3,427
2003	1,881	262	544	612	64	72	41	3,476
2004	1,885	269	561	625	67	78	64	3,548
2005	1,885	277	589	629	68	94	60	3,602
2006	1,910	287	607	634	73	110	50	3,671
% Change	18.9%	25.0%	73.4%	17.4%	83.4%	175.8%	2.2%	28.6%

Unlinked Passenger Trips (Million) by Mode 1997 - 2006

Year	Bus	Commuter Rail	Demand Response	Heavy Rail	Light Rail	Vanpool	Other Modes	Total
1997	4,602	357	60	2,429	259	9	237	7,954
1998	4,754	381	66	2,393	273	10	238	8,115
1999	4,992	396	69	2,521	289	12	245	8,523
2000	5,040	413	73	2,632	316	12	234	8,720
2001	5,215	418	77	2,728	334	12	224	9,008
2002	5,268	414	79	2,688	337	12	220	9,017
2003	5,147	410	82	2,667	338	13	220	8,876
2004	5,094	414	83	2,748	350	15	233	8,937
2005	5,226	423	87	2,808	381	17	234	9,175
2006	5,274	441	88	2,927	407	20	222	9,379
% Change	14.1%	23.1%	57.8%	38.1%	52.6%	181.9%	-1.6%	22.3%

Distribution of Vehicle Revenue Miles

Mode	1997 Vehicle Revenue Miles	%	2006 Vehicle Revenue Miles	%
Bus	1,606	66.9%	1,910	52.0%
Commuter Rail	230	10.1%	287	7.8%
Demand Response	350	21.3%	607	16.5%
Heavy Rail	540	22.2%	634	17.3%
Light Rail	40	2.6%	73	2.0%
Vanpool	40	3.9%	110	3.0%
Other	48	1.7%	50	1.3%
Total	2,853		3,671

Distribution of Unlinked Passenger Trips

Mode	1997 Unlinked Passenger Trips	%	2006 Unlinked Passenger Trips	%
Bus	4,602	57.9%	5,274	56.2%
Commuter Rail	357	4.5%	441	4.7%
Demand Response	60	0.8%	88	0.9%
Heavy Rail	2,429	30.5%	2,927	31.2%
Light Rail	259	3.3%	407	4.3%
Vanpool	9	0.1%	20	0.2%
Other	237	3.0%	222	2.4%
Total	7,954		9,379

Relative Impact of the Data by UZA Size Group 2006

Item	UZAs with Less than 200,000 Population	UZAs Equal to or More than 200,000 and Less than 1 Million Population	UZAs with More than 1 Million Population
Uses of Capital — Non-Revenue Vehicle	1%	7%	92%
Passenger Fares	2%	5%	93%
Unlinked Trips	3%	7%	90%
Operating Expense	3%	9%	87%
Uses of Capital — Revenue Vehicle	3%	9%	88%
Vehicle Revenue Hours	6%	14%	79%
Vehicles Operated in Maximum Service	8%	15%	77%

Total Operating Expenses (Millions) 1997 — 2006 (Constant 2000 Dollars)
Year	Total Operating Expense (Millions)
1997	$17,840
1998	$18,307
1999	$19,267
2000	$20,009
2001	$21,037
2002	$21,971
2003	$22,597
2004	$23,088
2005	$23,878
2006	$24,562
% Change	37.7%

Operating Expenses by Function and Object Class Function 2006
	Operating Expense (Actual Dollars) (Millions of Dollars)	%
Vehicle Operations	$15,627	53.8%
Vehicle Maintenance	$5,724	19.7%
Non-Vehicle Maintenance	$2,994	10.3%
General Administration	$4,680	16.1%
Total	$29,024.6

Total Operating Expenses (Millions) by Mode 1997 – 2006 (Constant 2000 Dollars)
Year	Bus	Commuter Rail	Demand Response	Heavy Rail	Light Rail	Vanpool	Other Modes	Total
1997	$9,422	$2,275	$873	$3,474	$471	$23	$427	$17,840
1998	$9,71