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Table 3-8 Public Transit System: 2000, 2010, and 2014

Thursday, September 1, 2016

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  2000 2010 2013 2014
Directional route-miles of rail transit, total 7,601 10,744 11,190 11,294
Commuter rail 5,209 7,630 7,731 7,795
Heavy rail 1,558 1,617 1,622 1,622
Light rail 834 1,497 1,836 1,877
Number of rail transit stations, total 2,595 3,216 3,227 3,355
Commuter rail 983 1,244 1,242 1,256
Heavy rail 1,009 1,044 1,044 1,130
Light rail 603 928 941 969
Number of transit vehicles, total 106,136 135,674 136,981 132,511
Commuter rail cars and locomotives 5,497 6,768 7,150 7,177
Heavy rail cars 10,311 11,510 10,380 10,551
Light rail cars 1,306 2,096 2,842 2,444
Transit bus 59,230 63,679 67,383 62,986
Demand response 22,087 33,555 31,433 31,359
Ferry boat 98 134 156 144
Other 7,607 17,932 17,637 17,850
TOTAL, non-rail transit vehicles 89,022 115,300   112,339
TOTAL, transit vehicles 106,136 135,674   136,981

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

SOURCE: 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 2016.