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]

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The NTD categorizes ridership data by type of service. The data below shows the sum of all categories with a mode of "bus" for each transit agency. Only the top 100 agencies with the most ridership in 2024 are shown.

RankTransit Agency Urban Area 2023 Annual Ridership2024 Annual Ridership
1 MTA New York City Bus New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ 614,121,341694,749,060
2 LACMTA Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 225,409,039246,020,878
3 CTA Chicago, IL--IN 161,699,361181,733,617
4 New Jersey Transit New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ 132,991,171145,753,702
5 SFMTA San Francisco--Oakland, CA 118,248,008128,639,192
6 MTA Bus New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ 119,571,794126,616,665
7 WMATA Washington--Arlington, DC--VA--MD 111,663,898124,553,646
8 SEPTA Philadelphia, PA--NJ--DE--MD 107,189,009114,723,257
9 MBTA Boston, MA--NH 91,644,053102,657,622
10 King County Metro Seattle--Tacoma, WA 77,075,34486,699,513
11 RTC Transit Las Vegas--Henderson--Paradise, NV 57,224,54763,715,129
12 Miami-Dade Transit Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL 60,116,70163,003,571
13 METRO Houston, TX 52,741,96155,394,498
14 MTA Maryland Baltimore, MD 51,328,83653,660,516
15 Denver RTD Denver--Aurora, CO 43,214,19244,798,864
16 TriMet Portland, OR--WA 38,683,56142,368,004
17 TheBus Honolulu, HI 41,235,50442,254,927
18 AC Transit San Francisco--Oakland, CA 37,900,24740,623,207
19 OCTA Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 34,535,08938,040,396
20 MTS San Diego, CA 33,346,92637,896,753
21 MARTA Atlanta, GA 32,848,93935,771,939
22 PRT Pittsburgh, PA 35,436,62333,447,894
23 Metro Transit Minneapolis--St. Paul, MN 30,123,95331,941,893
24 DART Dallas--Fort Worth--Arlington, TX 28,215,59831,781,753
25 VIA San Antonio, TX 28,844,49931,137,205
26 CapMetro Austin, TX 24,641,22026,347,498
27 MCTS Milwaukee, WI 22,735,04225,665,100
28 BCT Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL 23,694,25825,476,548
29 Bee-Line Bus System New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ 21,997,97124,845,995
30 VTA San Jose, CA 21,411,36124,259,870
31 UTA Salt Lake City, UT 20,279,58022,409,691
32 NICE New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ 20,293,58622,131,986
33 PACE Chicago, IL--IN 19,063,50121,121,330
34 RTA Cleveland, OH 18,280,91520,929,133
35 City of Phoenix [a] Phoenix--Mesa--Scottsdale, AZ 21,083,39120,731,800
36 LYNX Orlando, FL 18,724,76219,733,728
37 Ride On Washington--Arlington, DC--VA--MD 16,636,24519,234,872
38 LBT Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 17,752,05219,148,453
39 CDTA Albany--Schenectady, NY 15,824,49118,488,117
40 Sun Tran Tucson, AZ 15,643,90616,924,090
41 LADOT Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 15,634,18616,189,545
42 DDOT Detroit, MI 12,093,92514,068,740
43 NFTA Buffalo, NY 12,996,52413,676,221
44 Metro Transit St. Louis, MO--IL 12,954,62613,637,250
45 SORTA Cincinnati, OH--KY 13,083,83513,578,716
46 RIPTA Providence, RI--MA 12,584,83813,052,365
47 KCATA Kansas City, MO--KS 12,275,92412,586,497
48 COTA Columbus, OH 11,526,49012,349,881
49 CT Transit - Hartford [b] Hartford, CT 13,943,79112,313,170
50 GRTC Richmond, VA 10,176,77012,071,851
51 HART Tampa, FL 11,548,32911,381,269
52 RGRTA Rochester, NY 9,893,22311,239,151
53 SamTrans San Francisco--Oakland, CA 9,544,03410,719,863
54 Spokane Transit Authority Spokane, WA 9,403,73910,661,102
55 MTD Champaign, IL 9,038,38210,588,693
56 PSTA Tampa--St. Petersburg, FL 10,179,68210,501,138
57 FAX Fresno, CA 8,973,22110,285,617
58 SacRT Sacramento, CA 8,948,1779,964,336
59 NORTA New Orleans, LA 8,955,7279,750,580
60 Foothill Transit Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 8,452,5349,743,746
61 RPTA [c] Phoenix--Mesa--Scottsdale, AZ 8,997,7779,682,860
62 Palm Tran Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL 8,810,9689,630,611
63 Big Blue Bus Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 8,264,4699,408,137
64 Metro Transit Madison, WI 9,514,6209,297,857
65 Sound Transit Seattle--Tacoma, WA 8,568,1349,197,467
66 WeGo Public Transit Nashville metropolitan area 8,556,1489,124,573
67 CATA Lansing, MI 8,079,2268,962,376
68 CATS Charlotte, NC--SC 8,151,8108,932,617
69 PVTA Springfield, MA--CT 7,489,1668,911,654
70 Fairfax Connector Washington--Arlington, DC--VA--MD 8,991,5958,841,377
71 HRT Virginia Beach--Norfolk, VA 6,469,1918,608,118
72 Community Transit Seattle--Tacoma, WA 7,146,0088,426,406
73 Delaware Transit Corporation Philadelphia, PA--NJ--DE--MD 8,046,8298,380,928
74 ART Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 8,611,4558,295,649
75 Centro Syracuse, NY 7,144,3937,539,167
76 Pierce Transit Seattle--Tacoma, WA 6,792,2457,497,585
77 SMART Detroit, MI 4,946,5937,342,408
78 Omnitrans Riverside--San Bernardino, CA 6,502,7327,258,576
79 ABQ RIDE Albuquerque, NM 4,414,6625,034,022
80 IndyGo Indianapolis, IN 6,888,8807,133,338
81 TARC Louisville/Jefferson County, KY--IN 6,652,6727,053,211
82 GoDurham Durham, NC 6,133,1406,895,945
83 JTA Jacksonville, FL 6,105,6186,841,664
84 LTD Eugene, OR 6,551,4116,678,777
85 The Rapid Grand Rapids, MI 6,171,1276,537,679
86 RTC Reno, NV--CA 5,919,6946,479,683
87 Sun Metro El Paso, TX--NM 6,297,8016,365,593
88 RTA Dayton, OH 6,578,1786,240,533
89 RTA Riverside--San Bernardino, CA 5,583,9215,995,552
90 CT Transit - New Haven [d] New Haven, CT 6,465,5595,976,062
91 DASH (bus) Washington--Arlington, DC--VA--MD 5,021,5645,591,172
92 Gainesville RTS Gainesville, FL 5,318,2985,471,980
93 Trinity Metro Dallas--Fort Worth--Arlington, TX 5,003,0705,373,919
94 AAATA Ann Arbor, MI 4,786,0505,372,264
95 NCTD San Diego, CA 4,802,5155,364,629
96 METRO RTA Akron, OH 4,324,6745,341,634
97 GoRaleigh Raleigh, NC 5,058,9375,166,716
98 CATA State College, PA 5,012,0805,100,982
99 WRTA Worcester, MA--CT 4,414,6625,034,022
94 CyRide Ames, IA 4,443,0454,904,036
100 GBT Bridgeport--Stamford, CT--NY 4,492,3064,965,694

See also

Notes

  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.

References

  1. ↑ "Raw Monthly Ridership". Federal Transit Administration. March 2, 2024. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
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