Table 4-3: Urban Transit Agencies in Texas: 2000
Table 4-3: Urban Transit Agencies in Texas: 2000
| Transit agencies | Modes provided | Urbanized area | Annual unlinked passenger trips (thousands) | Average weekday unlinked trips (thousands) | Operating funds expended ($ millions) | Capital funds expended ($ millions) | Vehicles available for maximum service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| METRO | Bus, demand responsive | Houston | 87,379 | 300 | 326 | 192 | 2,166 |
| DART | Bus, demand responsive, light rail, commuter rail | Dallas-Fort Worth | 58,343 | 197 | 290 | 362 | 840 |
| VIA | Bus, demand responsive | San Antonio | 45,432 | 145 | 88 | 21 | 831 |
| CMTA | Bus, demand responsive, vanpool | Austin | 38,128 | 131 | 89 | 36 | 694 |
| SUN METRO | Bus, demand responsive | El Paso | 13,845 | 45 | 34 | 9 | 241 |
| First Transit, Inc. | Bus, demand responsive | Houston | 12,272 | 38 | 26 | 0 | 270 |
| First Transit, Inc. | Bus, demand responsive | Dallas-Fort Worth | 9,426 | 36 | 41 | 0 | 413 |
| The T | Bus, demand responsive, commuter rail | Dallas-Fort Worth | 6,034 | 22 | 31 | 51 | 261 |
| Corpus Christi RTA | Bus, demand responsive, ferry boat, vanpool | Corpus Christi | 5,799 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 112 |
| Laredo Metro, Inc. | Bus, demand responsive | Laredo | 4,826 | 15 | 9 | 0.1 | 65 |
| City Transit Management Co., Inc. | Bus, demand responsive | Lubbock | 3,851 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 80 |
| BMT | Bus, demand responsive | Beaumont | 1,551 | 5 | 3 | 0.7 | 23 |
| ACTS | Bus, demand responsive | Amarillo | 928 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 22 |
| VPSI, Inc. | Vanpool | Houston | 821 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 180 |
| WTS | Bus, demand responsive | Waco | 705 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 25 |
| Abilene Transit System | Bus, demand responsive | Abilene | 499 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| VPSI, Inc. | Vanpool | Dallas-Fort Worth | 414 | 2 | 0.9 | 0 | 132 |
| The D | Bus, demand responsive | Bryan-College Station | 287 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| LRGVDC | Bus, demand responsive | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission | 267 | 0.9 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| City of San Angelo | Bus, demand responsive | San Angelo | 191 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 12 |
| PAT | Bus, demand responsive | Port Arthur | 178 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 16 |
| TCOG | Demand responsive | Sherman-Denison | 152 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 15 |
| LINK | Bus, demand responsive | Denton | 114 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0 | 18 |
| Handitran Special Transit Division, City of Arlington | Demand responsive | Dallas-Fort Worth | 102 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.6 | 23 |
| CONNECT | Demand responsive | Galveston | 93 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.2 | 34 |
| City of Mesquite | Demand responsive | Dallas-Fort Worth | 36 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 17 |
| Grand Connection | Demand responsive | Dallas-Fort Worth | 22 | 0.01 | 0.3 | 0.06 | 11 |
KEY: ACTS = Amarillo City Transit System; BMT = Beaumont Municipal Transit System; CMTA = Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority; CONNECT = The Gulf Coast Center; Grand Connection = City of Grand Prairie Transportation Services Department; DART = Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority; LINK = City of Denton Public Transportation Department; LRGVDC = Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council; METRO = Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County; PAT = Port Arthur Transit; RTA = Regional Transportation Authority; SUN METRO = Mass Transit Department-City of El Paso; TCOG = Texoma Council of Governments; The D = Brazos Transit District; The T = Fort Worth Transportation Authority; VIA = VIA Metropolitan Transit; VPSI = Van Pool Services Incorporated; WTS = Waco Transit System.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database, available at http://www.ntdprogram.com/NTD/Profiles.nsf/ProfileInformation?OpenForm&2000&All as of Dec. 6, 2001.