List of United States local bus agencies

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The following is a list of local bus agencies in the United States, ranked by ridership. All figures are unlinked passenger trips for the stated time period and come from the Federal Transit Administration's National Transit Database (NTD).[1]

List[edit]

The NTD categorizes ridership data by type of service: directly operated (DO) and purchased transportation (PT). The data below shows the sum of these two values for each transit agency. We only show the top 100 agencies with the most ridership in 2023.

Rank Transit Agency Urbanized Area 2023 Annual Ridership
1 MTA New York City Bus New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ 570,625,248
2 LACMTA Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 218,606,428
3 CTA Chicago, IL--IN 161,699,361
4 New Jersey Transit New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ 131,382,949
5 MTA Bus New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ 119,571,794
6 WMATA Washington--Arlington, DC--VA--MD 110,073,907
7 SEPTA Philadelphia, PA--NJ--DE--MD 103,614,360
8 MBTA Boston, MA--NH 80,925,593
9 SFMTA San Francisco--Oakland, CA 75,682,205
10 King County Metro Seattle--Tacoma, WA 64,094,524
11 Miami-Dade Transit Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL 57,895,179
12 RTC Transit Las Vegas--Henderson--Paradise, NV 51,242,406
13 METRO Houston, TX 51,093,925
14 MTA Maryland Baltimore, MD 47,389,214
15 Denver RTD Denver--Aurora, CO 42,732,388
16 TheBus Honolulu, HI 40,056,517
17 TriMet Portland, OR--WA 37,821,610
18 PRT Pittsburgh, PA 34,483,607
19 OCTA Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 33,129,953
20 MTS San Diego, CA 32,965,101
21 AC Transit San Francisco--Oakland, CA 32,356,940
22 MARTA Atlanta, GA 32,122,711
23 Metro Transit Minneapolis--St. Paul, MN 30,123,953
24 VIA San Antonio, TX 27,275,239
25 DART Dallas--Fort Worth--Arlington, TX 27,029,923
26 CapMetro Austin, TX 23,224,263
27 BCT Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL 22,750,332
28 MCTS Milwaukee, WI 22,384,263
29 Bee-Line Bus System New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ 21,640,192
30 VTA San Jose, CA 21,067,532
31 NICE New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ 19,994,905
32 UTA Salt Lake City, UT 17,895,284
33 LBT Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 17,696,044
34 City of Phoenix[a] Phoenix--Mesa--Scottsdale, AZ 17,355,902
35 LYNX Orlando, FL 17,315,803
36 Ride On Washington--Arlington, DC--VA--MD 16,623,953
37 RTA Cleveland, OH 15,963,454
38 CDTA Albany--Schenectady, NY 15,176,183
39 Sun Tran Tucson, AZ 15,151,308
40 PACE Chicago, IL--IN 14,908,216
41 LAMTA Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 14,417,280
42 SORTA Cincinnati, OH--KY 12,902,123
43 NFTA Buffalo, NY 12,763,073
44 CT Transit - Hartford[b] Hartford, CT 12,748,998
45 Metro Transit St. Louis, MO--IL 12,512,366
46 RIPTA Providence, RI--MA 12,216,395
47 HART Tampa--St. Petersburg, FL 11,312,581
48 COTA Columbus, OH 11,128,906
49 DDOT Detroit, MI 11,050,285
50 KCATA Kansas City, MO--KS 10,841,740
51 RGRTA Rochester, NY 9,408,948
52 Metro Transit Madison, WI 9,403,885
53 SamTrans San Francisco--Oakland, CA 9,308,425
54 Fairfax Connector Washington--Arlington, DC--VA--MD 8,987,190
55 Spokane Transit Authority Spokane, WA 8,947,157
56 PSTA Tampa--St. Petersburg, FL 8,922,420
57 MTD Champaign, IL 8,880,029
58 FAX Fresno, CA 8,827,000
59 NORTA New Orleans, LA 8,726,500
60 SacRT Sacramento, CA 8,494,945
61 ART Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 8,452,553
62 Foothill Transit Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 8,452,534
63 Big Blue Bus Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 8,230,593
64 Nashville MTA Nashville metropolitan area 8,192,009
65 RPTA[c] Phoenix--Mesa--Scottsdale, AZ 8,180,587
66 CATS Charlotte, NC--SC 8,133,461
67 GRTC Richmond, VA 8,064,887
68 Palm Tran Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL 7,769,803
69 CATA Lansing, MI 7,740,767
70 PVTA Springfield, MA--CT 7,308,492
71 Delaware Transit Corporation Philadelphia, PA--NJ--DE--MD 7,191,010
72 Centro Syracuse, NY 6,942,970
73 CT Transit - New Haven[d] New Haven, CT 6,465,548
74 Omnitrans Riverside--San Bernardino, CA 6,280,450
75 TARC Louisville/Jefferson County, KY--IN 6,275,580
76 Pierce Transit Seattle--Tacoma, WA 6,101,806
77 HRT Virginia Beach--Norfolk, VA 6,061,592
78 Sun Metro El Paso, TX--NM 6,025,092
79 GoDurham Durham, NC 5,983,884
80 JTA Jacksonville, FL 5,809,575
81 University of Michigan Campus Transit[e] Ann Arbor, MI 5,705,417
82 Community Transit Seattle--Tacoma, WA 5,659,465
83 IndyGo Indianapolis, IN 5,633,346
84 The Rapid Grand Rapids, MI 5,568,955
85 Gainesville RTS Gainesville, FL 5,253,627
86 RTA Riverside--San Bernardino, CA 5,142,985
87 RTC Reno, NV--CA 5,030,919
88 DASH (bus) Washington--Arlington, DC--VA--MD 4,982,275
89 CATA State College, PA 4,853,259
90 GBT Bridgeport--Stamford, CT--NY 4,831,277
91 NCTD San Diego, CA 4,700,870
92 SMART Detroit, MI 4,616,187
93 MTD Santa Barbara, CA 4,535,029
94 ABQ RIDE Albuquerque, NM 4,472,832
95 GoRaleigh Raleigh, NC 4,450,822
96 AAATA Ann Arbor, MI 4,443,907
97 CyRide Ames, IA 4,443,045
98 GLPTC Lafayette, IN 4,409,766
99 Trinity Metro Dallas--Fort Worth--Arlington, TX 4,320,159
100 GDRTA Dayton, OH 4,223,553


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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Valley Metro is operated by both the City of Phoenix and the Regional Public Transportation Authority. This row is for the City of Phoenix.
  2. ^ CT Transit operates under five divisions. This row is just for the Hartford division.
  3. ^ Valley Metro is operated by both the City of Phoenix and the Regional Public Transportation Authority. This row is just for the Regional Public Transportation Authority.
  4. ^ CT Transit operates under five divisions. This row is just for the New Haven division.
  5. ^ The University of Michigan is serviced by both a Campus Transit agency and the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Raw Monthly Ridership". Federal Transit Administration. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Campus & City Transit". University of Michigan. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
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