Transit Ridership
Transit Ridership
Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted
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Transit riders in the United States took 10.3 billion unlinked passenger trips in 2008. Approximately 53% of these trips occurred on motor bus, 35% on heavy rail, and roughly four-and-a-half percent for each commuter rail and light rail.
| Transit Ridership | Aug-08 | Aug-09 |
|---|---|---|
| Motor Bus Ridership (million unlinked passenger trips) | 451.8 | 423.3 |
| Percent change from same month previous year | 1.70 | -6.30 |
| Heavy Rail Ridership (million unlinked passenger trips) | 299.9 | 289.0 |
| Percent change from same month previous year | 2.56 | -3.64 |
| Other Rail Mode Ridership (million unlinked passenger trips) | 83.7 | 82.5 |
| Percent change from same month previous year | 2.91 | -1.44 |
| Other Non-Rail Mode Ridership (million unlinked passenger trips) | 25.4 | 25.7 |
| Percent change from same month previous year | 1.45 | 1.39 |
NOTES: Other rail modes include light rail, commuter rail, monorail, cable car, automated guideway, and inclined plane. Other non-rail modes include demand response, trolley bus, van pool, and ferry boat.
Data for the most recent two months is estimated for agencies that have yet to report.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database, available at http://www.ntdprogram.gov/ as of October 2009.