List of United States local bus agencies

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

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.

Rank Transit Agency Urban Area 2023 Annual Ridership 2024 Annual Ridership
1 MTA New York City Bus New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ 614,121,341 694,749,060
2 LACMTA Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 225,409,039 246,020,878
3 CTA Chicago, IL--IN 161,699,361 181,733,617
4 New Jersey Transit New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ 132,991,171 145,753,702
5 SFMTA San Francisco--Oakland, CA 118,248,008 128,639,192
6 MTA Bus New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ 119,571,794 126,616,665
7 WMATA Washington--Arlington, DC--VA--MD 111,663,898 124,553,646
8 SEPTA Philadelphia, PA--NJ--DE--MD 107,189,009 114,723,257
9 MBTA Boston, MA--NH 91,644,053 102,657,622
10 King County Metro Seattle--Tacoma, WA 77,075,344 86,699,513
11 RTC Transit Las Vegas--Henderson--Paradise, NV 57,224,547 63,715,129
12 Miami-Dade Transit Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL 60,116,701 63,003,571
13 METRO Houston, TX 52,741,961 55,394,498
14 MTA Maryland Baltimore, MD 51,328,836 53,660,516
15 Denver RTD Denver--Aurora, CO 43,214,192 44,798,864
16 TriMet Portland, OR--WA 38,683,561 42,368,004
17 TheBus Honolulu, HI 41,235,504 42,254,927
18 AC Transit San Francisco--Oakland, CA 37,900,247 40,623,207
19 OCTA Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 34,535,089 38,040,396
20 MTS San Diego, CA 33,346,926 37,896,753
21 MARTA Atlanta, GA 32,848,939 35,771,939
22 PRT Pittsburgh, PA 35,436,623 33,447,894
23 Metro Transit Minneapolis--St. Paul, MN 30,123,953 31,941,893
24 DART Dallas--Fort Worth--Arlington, TX 28,215,598 31,781,753
25 VIA San Antonio, TX 28,844,499 31,137,205
26 CapMetro Austin, TX 24,641,220 26,347,498
27 MCTS Milwaukee, WI 22,735,042 25,665,100
28 BCT Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL 23,694,258 25,476,548
29 Bee-Line Bus System New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ 21,997,971 24,845,995
30 VTA San Jose, CA 21,411,361 24,259,870
31 UTA Salt Lake City, UT 20,279,580 22,409,691
32 NICE New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ 20,293,586 22,131,986
33 PACE Chicago, IL--IN 19,063,501 21,121,330
34 RTA Cleveland, OH 18,280,915 20,929,133
35 City of Phoenix[a] Phoenix--Mesa--Scottsdale, AZ 21,083,391 20,731,800
36 LYNX Orlando, FL 18,724,762 19,733,728
37 Ride On Washington--Arlington, DC--VA--MD 16,636,245 19,234,872
38 LBT Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 17,752,052 19,148,453
39 CDTA Albany--Schenectady, NY 15,824,491 18,488,117
40 Sun Tran Tucson, AZ 15,643,906 16,924,090
41 LADOT Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 15,634,186 16,189,545
42 DDOT Detroit, MI 12,093,925 14,068,740
43 NFTA Buffalo, NY 12,996,524 13,676,221
44 Metro Transit St. Louis, MO--IL 12,954,626 13,637,250
45 SORTA Cincinnati, OH--KY 13,083,835 13,578,716
46 RIPTA Providence, RI--MA 12,584,838 13,052,365
47 KCATA Kansas City, MO--KS 12,275,924 12,586,497
48 COTA Columbus, OH 11,526,490 12,349,881
49 CT Transit - Hartford[b] Hartford, CT 13,943,791 12,313,170
50 GRTC Richmond, VA 10,176,770 12,071,851
51 HART Tampa--St. Petersburg, FL 11,548,329 11,381,269
52 RGRTA Rochester, NY 9,893,223 11,239,151
53 SamTrans San Francisco--Oakland, CA 9,544,034 10,719,863
54 Spokane Transit Authority Spokane, WA 9,403,739 10,661,102
55 MTD Champaign, IL 9,038,382 10,588,693
56 PSTA Tampa--St. Petersburg, FL 10,179,682 10,501,138
57 FAX Fresno, CA 8,973,221 10,285,617
58 SacRT Sacramento, CA 8,948,177 9,964,336
59 NORTA New Orleans, LA 8,955,727 9,750,580
60 Foothill Transit Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 8,452,534 9,743,746
61 RPTA[c] Phoenix--Mesa--Scottsdale, AZ 8,997,777 9,682,860
62 Palm Tran Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL 8,810,968 9,630,611
63 Big Blue Bus Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 8,264,469 9,408,137
64 Metro Transit Madison, WI 9,514,620 9,297,857
65 Sound Transit Seattle--Tacoma, WA 8,568,134 9,197,467
66 WeGo Public Transit Nashville metropolitan area 8,556,148 9,124,573
67 CATA Lansing, MI 8,079,226 8,962,376
68 CATS Charlotte, NC--SC 8,151,810 8,932,617
69 PVTA Springfield, MA--CT 7,489,166 8,911,654
70 Fairfax Connector Washington--Arlington, DC--VA--MD 8,991,595 8,841,377
71 HRT Virginia Beach--Norfolk, VA 6,469,191 8,608,118
72 Community Transit Seattle--Tacoma, WA 7,146,008 8,426,406
73 Delaware Transit Corporation Philadelphia, PA--NJ--DE--MD 8,046,829 8,380,928
74 ART Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 8,611,455 8,295,649
75 Centro Syracuse, NY 7,144,393 7,539,167
76 Pierce Transit Seattle--Tacoma, WA 6,792,245 7,497,585
77 SMART Detroit, MI 4,946,593 7,342,408
78 Omnitrans Riverside--San Bernardino, CA 6,502,732 7,258,576
79 ABQ RIDE Albuquerque, NM 4,414,662 5,034,022
80 IndyGo Indianapolis, IN 6,888,880 7,133,338
81 TARC Louisville/Jefferson County, KY--IN 6,652,672 7,053,211
82 GoDurham Durham, NC 6,133,140 6,895,945
83 JTA Jacksonville, FL 6,105,618 6,841,664
84 LTD Eugene, OR 6,551,411 6,678,777
85 The Rapid Grand Rapids, MI 6,171,127 6,537,679
86 RTC Reno, NV--CA 5,919,694 6,479,683
87 Sun Metro El Paso, TX--NM 6,297,801 6,365,593
88 RTA Dayton, OH 6,578,178 6,240,533
89 RTA Riverside--San Bernardino, CA 5,583,921 5,995,552
90 CT Transit - New Haven[d] New Haven, CT 6,465,559 5,976,062
91 DASH (bus) Washington--Arlington, DC--VA--MD 5,021,564 5,591,172
92 Gainesville RTS Gainesville, FL 5,318,298 5,471,980
93 Trinity Metro Dallas--Fort Worth--Arlington, TX 5,003,070 5,373,919
94 AAATA Ann Arbor, MI 4,786,050 5,372,264
95 NCTD San Diego, CA 4,802,515 5,364,629
96 METRO RTA Akron, OH 4,324,674 5,341,634
97 GoRaleigh Raleigh, NC 5,058,937 5,166,716
98 CATA State College, PA 5,012,080 5,100,982
99 WRTA Worcester, MA--CT 4,414,662 5,034,022
94 CyRide Ames, IA 4,443,045 4,904,036
100 GBT Bridgeport--Stamford, CT--NY 4,492,306 4,965,694

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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