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2008 National Transit Summaries and Trends

Table of Contents

Introduction

General Information

Transit Modes

Bus

Commuter Rail

Heavy Rail

Demand Response

Light Rail

Vanpool

Rounding and Inflation

Web Information

Transit in the United States

Total Federal Assistance (Capital and Operating) Applied to Transit and Unlinked Passenger Trips

Concepts

Comments

Number of Transit Agencies

Concepts

Comments

Table 1: Number of Agencies Reporting by Year by Mode between 1999 - 2008

Vehicle Revenue Miles

Concepts

Comments

Table 2: Vehicle Revenue Miles (Millions) 1999 - 2008

Unlinked Passenger Trips by Mode

Comments

Distribution of Vehicle Revenue Miles and Unlinked Passenger Trips by Mode

Relative Impact on Data by UZA Size Group

Concepts

Comments

Rural Transit

Concepts

Comments

Operating and Capital Funding - Rural

Concepts

Comments

Service Supplied and Consumed

Table 3: Rural Service Supplied and

Table 4: Rural Safety

Total Number of Subrecipients

Safety Incidents

Average Safety Incidents per Subrecipient

Operating Costs and Performance Measures

Operating Expenses

Concepts

Comments

Operating Expense by Function and Object Class

Concepts

Comments

Cost Effectiveness (Operating Expense per Unlinked Passenger Trip)

Concepts

Comments

Table 5: Operating Expense per Unlinked Passenger Trip 1999 – 2008  (Constant 2000 Dollars)

Cost Efficiency (Operating Expense per Vehicle Revenue Hour)

Concepts

Comments

Table 6: Operating Expense per Vehicle Revenue Hour 1999 - 2008

Service Effectiveness

Concepts

Comments

Table 7: Unlinked Passenger Trip per Vehicle Revenue Hour 1999 - 2008

Load Factor

Concepts

Comments

Service Utilization

Concepts

Comments

Quality of Transit Service

Fatalities

Concepts

Individuals Involved

Table 8: Total Fatalities 1999 - 2008

Distribution of Fatalities

Comments

Table 9: Number of Fatalities - 2008

Reliability

Miles between Major Mechanical System Failures — Bus

Concepts

Comments

Table 10: Miles between Major Mechanical System Failures (Directly Operated Service) 2001 - 2008

ADA Compliance

ADA Lift- or Ramp-equipped

Concepts

Comments

Operating Funding

Concepts

Comments

Federal Operating Assistance per Trip – Total and by Urbanized Area Size

Farebox Recovery Ratio (Fare Revenues per Operating Expense)

Concepts

Subsidy per Trip

Concepts

Comments

Operating Funding Sources by UZA

Concepts

Comments

Capital Investment in Transit

Concepts

Comments

Sources of Capital Funding by UZA

Comments

Capital Expenditures

Concepts

Uses of Capital by Urbanized Area Size

Comments

Distribution of Capital by Mode and Category

Comments

Fleet Characteristics

Average Fleet Age by Vehicle Type

Concepts

Comments

Age Distribution of Buses by Vehicle Type

Comments

Fixed Guideway Mileage

Concepts

Comments

Alternative Fuel Usage

Concepts

Comments

2008 National Trasit Profile

Data Used to Compile Graphics

Funds Applied to Transit 1999 - 2008 (Constant 2000 Dollars)

Vehicle Revenue Miles (Millions) by Mode 1999 - 2008

Unlinked Passenger Trips (Million) by Mode 1999 - 2008

Distribution of Vehicle Revenue Miles

Distribution of Unlinked Passenger Trips

Relative Impact of the Data by UZA Size Group 2008

Total Operating Expenses (Millions) 1999 — 2008 (Constant 2000 Dollars)

Operating Expenses by Function and Object Class Function 2008

Total Operating Expenses (Millions) by Mode 1999 – 2008

Total Operating Expense by Object Class — Directly Operated Service 2008

Operating Expenses per Unlinked Passenger Trip by Mode 1999 - 2008 (Constant 2000 Dollars)

Operating Expenses per Vehicle Revenue Hour by Mode 1999 - 2008 (Constant 2000 Dollars)

Unlinked Passenger Trips per Vehicle Revenue Hour by Mode 1999 - 2008

Distribution of Fatalities 2008

ADA Lift– or Ramp– Equipped Buses Total 1999 - 2008

Federal Operating Assistance as a Percent of Operating Funds 1999 – 2008 (Constant 2000 Dollars)

ADA Lift– or Ramp– Equipped Buses 1999 - 2008

ADA Lift– or Ramp– Equipped Buses 1999 - 2008 (Continued)

Federal Operating Assistance per Unlinked Passenger Trip by UZA 1999 - 2008 (Constant 2000 Dollars)

Recovery Ratio 1999 — 2008 (Constant 2000 Dollars)

Federal Operating Assistance per Unlinked Passenger Trip by UZA Size 1999 - 2008 (Constant 2000 Dollars)

Recovery Ratio by UZA 1999 - 20087 (Constant 2000 Dollars)

Recovery Ratio by UZA 1999 - 2008 (Constant 2000 Dollars) (Continued)

Recovery Ratio by UZA 1999 - 2008 (Constant 2000 Dollars) (Continued)

Subsidy per Trip by UZA 1999 - 2008 (Constant 2000 Dollars)

Subsidy per Trip by UZA 1999 - 2008 (Constant 2000 Dollars) (Continued)

Subsidy per Trip by UZA 1999 – 2008 (Constant 2000 Dollars)  (Continued)

Funding Sources by Urbanized Area Size 1999 - 2008 (Constant 2000 Dollars)

Funding Sources by Urbanized Area Size 1999 - 2008 (Constant 2000 Dollars) (Continued)

Funding Sources by Urbanized Area Size 1999 - 2008 (Constant 2000 Dollars) (Continued)

Operating Funding Sources by UZA (Constant 2000 Dollars)

Operating Funding Sources by UZA (Constant 2000 Dollars) (Continued)

Operating Funding Sources by UZA (Constant 2000 Dollars) (Continued)

Sources of Capital by Urbanized Area Size 2008

Sources of Capital by Urbanized Area Size 2008 (Continued)

Sources of Capital by Urbanized Area Size 2008 (Continued)

Capital Expenditures (Millions) 1999 – 2008 (Constant 2000 Dollars)

Uses of Capital by Urbanized Area Size - 2008 (Millions) 52

Average Fleet Age (Years) by Vehicle Type 1999 - 2008

Average Fleet Age (Years) of Rail Modes, Ferryboat and Vanpools

Distribution of Buses by Vehicle Type 1999 - 2008

Age Distribution of Buses by Vehicle Type 1999 - 2008

Age Distribution of Buses by Vehicle Type 1999 - 2008 (Continued)

Age Distribution of Rail Modes, Ferryboat and Vanpools

Fixed Guideway Mileage 1999 - 2008

Percent of National Bus Fleet Using Alternative Fuels 1999 - 2008

Percentage of Fuel Consumption for Non Electric Modes 1999 - 2008

Transit Data by 2000 U.S. Census Urbanized Area

Figures

Figure 1: Federal Funds Applied to Transit 1989 – 2008

Figure 2: Unlinked Passenger Trips 1989 – 2008

Figure 3: Number of Agencies Reporting by Mode 2007 – 2008

Figure 4: Number of Agencies Reporting by Mode 1999 – 2008

Figure 5: Vehicle Revenue Miles by Mode 2007 – 2008 (Millions)

Figure 6: Vehicle Revenue Miles by Mode 1999 – 2008 (Millions)

Figure 7: Unlinked Passenger Trips by Mode 2007 – 2008 (Millions)

Figure 8: Unlinked Passenger Trips by Mode 1999 – 2008 (Millions)

Figure 9: Distribution of Vehicle Revenue Miles – 1999

Figure 10: Distribution of Vehicle Revenue Miles – 2008

Figure 11: Distribution of Unlinked Passenger Trips – 1999

Figure 12: Distribution of Unlinked Passenger Trips – 2008

Figure 13: Relative Impact of the Data by UZA Size Group – 2008

Figure 14: Types of Rural Service – 2008

Figure 15: Sources of Operating Funding – 2008

Figure 16: Sources of Capital Funding – 2008

Figure 17: Total Operating Expenses 1999 - 2008

Figure 18: Total Operating Expense by Mode — 2008

Figure 19: Operating Expense by Function - 2008

Figure 20: Operating Expense by Object Class - 2008

Figure 21: Operating Expense per Unlinked Passenger Trip 1999 – 2008

Figure 22: Operating Expense per Unlinked Passenger Trip for Bus and Rail Modes 1999 - 2008

Figure 23: Total Operating Expense per Vehicle Revenue Hour 1999 – 2008

Figure 24: Unlinked Passenger Trip per Vehicle Revenue Hour 1999 – 2008

Figure 25: Unlinked Passenger Trips per Vehicle Revenue Hour by Mode 1999 - 2008

Figure 26: Load Factor by Mode 1999 - 2008

Figure 27: Motor Bus Service Utilization 1999 - 2008

Figure 28: Commuter Rail Service Utilization 1999 - 2008

Figure 29: Heavy Rail Service Utilization 1999 - 2008

Figure 30: Light Rail Service Utilization 1999 - 2008

Figure 31: Total Fatalities (*) 1999 – 2008

Figure 32: Fatalities per 100 Million Passenger Miles — 1999-2008

Figure 33: Miles between Major Mechanical System Failures — Bus 2001 – 2008

Figure 34: ADA Compliance - Bus

Figure 35: Total Operating Funds 1999 – 2008

Figure 36: Federal Operating Assistance as a Percentage of Operating Funds 1999 - 2008

Figure 37: Total Federal Operating Assistance per Trip 1999 - 2008

Figure 38: Federal Operating Assistance per Trip by Urbanized Area Size 1999 - 2008

Figure 39: Farebox Recovery Ratio by Urbanized Area Size 1999 – 2008

Figure 40: Recovery Ratio (*) 1999 - 2008

Figure 41: Total Operating Subsidy per Trip 1999 - 2008

Figure 42: Total Subsidy per Trip by Urbanized Area Size 1999 - 2008

Figure 43: UZAs with More than 1 Million Population - 1999

Figure 44: UZAs with More than 1 Million Population - 2008

Figure 45: Equal to or More than 200,000 and Less than 1 Million Population - 1999

Figure 46: Equal to or More than 200,000 and Less than 1 Million Population - 2008

Figure 47: UZAs with Less than 200,000 Population - 1999

Figure 48: UZAs with Less than 200,000 Population - 2008

Figure 49: Total Capital Assistance — 1999 - 2008

Figure 50: Percent of Federal Share of Total Capital Assistance 1999 - 2008

Figure 51: UZAs with more than 1 Million Population

Figure 52: UZAs Equal to or More than 200,000 and Less than 1 Million Population

Figure 53: UZAs with Less than 200,000 Population

Figure 54: Capital Expenditures — 1999 - 2008

Figure 55: UZAs with more than 1 Million Population

Figure 56: UZAs Equal to or More than 200,000 and Less than 1 Million Population

Figure 57: UZAs with Less than 200,000 Population

Figure 58: Percent of Uses of Capital Net of Revenue Vehicles Capital Expenditures 1999 — 2008

Figure 59: Average Fleet Age by Vehicle Type 1999 – 2008

Figure 60: Average Fleet Age by Mode (Heavy Rail, Commuter Rail (Passenger Cars) and Light Rail) 1999 - 2008

Figure 61: Average Vanpool Fleet Age Vanpool 1999 – 2008

Figure 62: Average Ferryboat Fleet Age 1999 – 2008

Figure 63: Average Bus Fleet Age 1999 - 2008

Figure 64: Percent of Bus Fleet 5 Years Old or Less by Vehicle Type 1999 – 2008

Figure 65: Percent of Rail Fleet 5 Years Old or Less 1999 - 2008

Figure 66: Percent of Vanpool Fleet 5 Years Old or Less 1999 - 2008

Figure 67: Percent of Ferryboat Fleet 5 Years Old or Less 1999 - 2008

Figure 68: Fixed Guideway Mileage — Bus 1999 - 2008

Figure 69: Fixed Guideway Mileage — Rail Modes 1999 - 2008

Figure 70: Percent of National Bus Fleet Using Alternative Fuels 1999 - 2008

Figure 71: Percentage of Fuel Consumption for Non-Electric Modes - 1999

Figure 72: Percentage of Fuel Consumption for Non-Electric Modes - 2008

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