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Table 3-9 Public Transit System: 2000, 2010, and 2013

Thursday, September 17, 2015

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  2000 2010 2013
Directional route-miles of rail transit, total 7,601 10,744 11,190
Commuter rail 5,209 7,630 7,731
Heavy rail 1,558 1,617 1,622
Light rail 834 1,497 1,836
Number of rail transit stations, total 2,595 3,216 3,227
Commuter rail 983 1,244 1,242
Heavy rail 1,009 1,044 1,044
Light rail 603 928 941
Number of transit vehicles, total 106,136 135,674 136,981
Commuter rail cars and locomotives 5,497 6,768 7,150
Heavy rail cars 10,311 11,510 10,380
Light rail cars 1,306 2,096 2,842
Motor bus 59,230 63,679 67,383
Demand response 22,087 33,555 31,433
Ferry boat 98 134 156
Other 7,607 17,932 17,637
TOTAL, non-rail transit vehicles 89,022 115,300 116,609
TOTAL, transit vehicles 106,136 135,674 136,981

NOTES: Light Rail includes light rail, streetcar rail, and hybrid rail. Motor bus includes bus, commuter bus, bus rapid transit, and trolley bus. Demand response includes demand response and demand response taxi.

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), National Transit Database (NTD) as cited in USDOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), National Transportation Statistics (NTS), tables 1-1, 1-7, and 1-11, available at www.bts.gov as of March 2015.