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Figure 1-15 Public Transit Ridership, 2000 to 2016

Friday, January 6, 2017

Graphic Version

Date Ridership Seasonally-Adjusted Ridership
Jan-2000 724,934 768,425
Feb-2000 756,536 766,743
Mar-2000 843,730 788,942
Apr-2000 757,458 773,307
May-2000 818,246 783,164
Jun-2000 793,911 786,579
Jul-2000 743,746 789,902
Aug-2000 787,064 789,086
Sep-2000 802,516 792,196
Oct-2000 851,255 796,905
Nov-2000 816,120 806,923
Dec-2000 755,040 805,918
Jan-2001 800,293 811,967
Feb-2001 761,213 812,355
Mar-2001 846,702 805,030
Apr-2001 803,744 804,149
May-2001 850,680 813,895
Jun-2001 807,301 818,356
Jul-2001 785,014 813,628
Aug-2001 809,941 811,397
Sep-2001 768,513 775,782
Oct-2001 871,470 801,418
Nov-2001 820,117 808,248
Dec-2001 756,221 810,652
Jan-2002 794,010 803,900
Feb-2002 756,102 806,777
Mar-2002 820,151 795,756
Apr-2002 824,757 805,222
May-2002 838,274 803,128
Jun-2002 772,040 802,882
Jul-2002 782,849 797,502
Aug-2002 781,609 796,297
Sep-2002 805,016 795,183
Oct-2002 877,109 802,935
Nov-2002 788,746 795,294
Dec-2002 754,257 792,570
Jan-2003 778,679 789,371
Feb-2003 732,135 782,837
Mar-2003 820,157 798,771
Apr-2003 810,703 790,180
May-2003 799,984 780,049
Jun-2003 754,298 771,838
Jul-2003 767,411 780,074
Aug-2003 745,756 776,638
Sep-2003 807,125 777,077
Oct-2003 830,771 753,794
Nov-2003 724,971 750,861
Dec-2003 758,869 784,414
Jan-2004 740,829 766,910
Feb-2004 750,265 780,217
Mar-2004 843,276 789,881
Apr-2004 803,337 778,489
May-2004 781,133 782,174
Jun-2004 784,558 785,714
Jul-2004 754,430 781,034
Aug-2004 772,963 785,580
Sep-2004 814,446 782,642
Oct-2004 845,387 799,027
Nov-2004 797,405 791,702
Dec-2004 767,658 792,625
Jan-2005 756,467 804,815
Feb-2005 750,973 807,156
Mar-2005 842,424 787,554
Apr-2005 816,425 808,761
May-2005 806,149 788,333
Jun-2005 795,101 796,174
Jul-2005 753,939 796,767
Aug-2005 808,031 801,584
Sep-2005 858,809 822,295
Oct-2005 858,662 813,511
Nov-2005 825,130 822,235
Dec-2005 760,996 802,279
Jan-2006 793,138 825,699
Feb-2006 761,980 821,750
Mar-2006 874,469 821,310
Apr-2006 806,944 817,371
May-2006 870,445 836,725
Jun-2006 827,752 823,844
Jul-2006 790,273 833,749
Aug-2006 840,294 826,849
Sep-2006 850,328 830,005
Oct-2006 907,084 843,654
Nov-2006 851,564 851,220
Dec-2006 804,029 865,075
Jan-2007 838,203 858,280
Feb-2007 796,569 859,833
Mar-2007 934,752 897,345
Apr-2007 884,098 879,817
May-2007 993,437 954,923
Jun-2007 876,764 888,510
Jul-2007 860,196 883,524
Aug-2007 908,061 890,851
Sep-2007 903,028 901,756
Oct-2007 946,754 867,747
Nov-2007 870,712 869,035
Dec-2007 808,452 873,639
Jan-2008 852,130 871,898
Feb-2008 835,901 861,140
Mar-2008 889,940 872,814
Apr-2008 908,295 886,411
May-2008 912,568 886,874
Jun-2008 884,081 898,134
Jul-2008 910,651 915,119
Aug-2008 890,570 902,720
Sep-2008 929,094 896,107
Oct-2008 971,677 890,086
Nov-2008 839,026 874,741
Dec-2008 835,899 868,568
Jan-2009 827,360 862,355
Feb-2009 806,287 873,912
Mar-2009 897,860 861,665
Apr-2009 874,039 853,065
May-2009 856,958 848,408
Jun-2009 848,878 844,710
Jul-2009 843,229 847,053
Aug-2009 825,429 838,909
Sep-2009 875,511 844,730
Oct-2009 917,949 849,541
Nov-2009 830,535 853,559
Dec-2009 815,176 844,264
Jan-2010 789,022 842,016
Feb-2010 746,306 813,336
Mar-2010 894,092 842,366
Apr-2010 870,179 845,631
May-2010 853,250 848,955
Jun-2010 842,866 839,918
Jul-2010 819,344 837,996
Aug-2010 845,171 840,795
Sep-2010 864,969 834,786
Oct-2010 888,784 836,331
Nov-2010 838,041 843,858
Dec-2010 812,961 840,607
Jan-2011 793,914 849,999
Feb-2011 780,627 847,670
Mar-2011 908,080 853,579
Apr-2011 857,112 849,652
May-2011 880,871 859,754
Jun-2011 861,720 860,733
Jul-2011 825,075 862,451
Aug-2011 843,603 824,467
Sep-2011 891,976 857,451
Oct-2011 919,728 867,680
Nov-2011 863,038 870,203
Dec-2011 839,530 878,738
Jan-2012 843,240 884,043
Feb-2012 859,766 890,418
Mar-2012 913,730 873,714
Apr-2012 869,851 864,698
May-2012 900,250 863,386
Jun-2012 851,665 865,082
Jul-2012 848,853 872,106
Aug-2012 893,473 871,709
Sep-2012 877,397 877,291
Oct-2012 924,779 837,403
Nov-2012 862,923 867,042
Dec-2012 824,598 881,199
Jan-2013 864,686 892,219
Feb-2013 813,565 884,458
Mar-2013 888,921 867,288
Apr-2013 907,920 883,367
May-2013 908,747 872,931
Jun-2013 851,895 883,401
Jul-2013 868,750 877,138
Aug-2013 888,719 880,862
Sep-2013 901,159 884,216
Oct-2013 973,233 880,955
Nov-2013 863,206 884,642
Dec-2013 838,120 874,287
Jan-2014 833,321 865,865
Feb-2014 813,557 887,160
Mar-2014 914,522 896,841
Apr-2014 922,230 896,977
May-2014 925,305 904,685
Jun-2014 876,036 891,586
Jul-2014 886,864 891,647
Aug-2014 888,216 898,514
Sep-2014 932,080 895,639
Oct-2014 987,221 893,176
Nov-2014 842,915 881,012
Dec-2014 864,946 885,352
Jan-2015 817,686 868,359
Feb-2015 779,736 856,491
Mar-2015 907,394 872,815
Apr-2015 901,671 876,169
May-2015 871,540 868,023
Jun-2015 877,971 874,815
Jul-2015 886,529 889,951
Aug-2015 838,027 851,675
Sep-2015 895,998 859,272
Oct-2015 948,977 868,568
Nov-2015 844,832 866,681
Dec-2015 847,152 864,463
Jan-2016 780,401 851,065
Feb-2016 805,345 846,422

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, seasonally adjusted transportation data, available at www.transtats.bts.gov/osea/seasonaladjustment/, as of May 2016.

Public transit ridership - American Public Transportation Association (APTA) data (2000 through 2009) available at: www.apta.com/resources/statistics/Pages/ridershipreport.aspx and U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database (2010 to present) available at: www.ntdprogram.gov/ntdprogram/data.htm Seasonally-adjusted public transit ridership - U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) calculation from American Public Transportation Association (APTA) data (2000 through 2009) available at: www.apta.com/resources/statistics/Pages/ridershipreport.aspx and U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database (2010 to present) available at: www.ntdprogram.gov/ntdprogram/data.htm.