USA Competitive Tendering
Costs by Major Metropolitan Area: 2002

    Cost per Vehicle Hour  
  Competitive Share Non-Competitive Competitive Competitive Compared to Non-Competitive
Albany 1.9% $61.37 $23.10 -62.4%
Atlanta 7.7% $69.60 $69.78 0.3%
Austin 23.5% $63.40 $61.00 -3.8%
Boston 23.3% $84.58 $44.97 -46.8%
Buffalo 0.0% $73.50
Charlotte 6.6% $63.20 $41.40 -34.5%
Chicago 2.8% $79.92 $63.47 -20.6%
Cincinati 0.0% $64.19
Cleveland 4.5% $89.77 $44.33 -50.6%
Columbus 0.0% $81.00
Dayton 0.0% $72.28
Denver 36.2% $84.70 $44.10 -47.9%
Detroit 0.7% $91.01 $45.70 -49.8%
Dallas-Fort Worth 26.8% $93.55 $46.58 -50.2%
Greensboro 39.3% $48.56 $61.80 27.3%
Grand Rapids 0.0% $50.50
Greenville 0.0% $51.66
Hartford 12.7% $69.88 $46.50 -33.5%
Houston 14.7% $69.45 $43.10 -37.9%
Indianapolis 7.3% $60.06 $45.10 -24.9%
Jacksonville 0.0% $65.40
Kansas City 8.0% $81.90 $57.00 -30.4%
Los Angeles 20.7% $86.16 $46.13 -46.5%
Las Vegas 100.0%   $54.92  
Louisville 2.5% $65.50 $39.40 -39.8%
Memphis 0.0% $75.70
Miami-West Palm Beach 4.4% $68.78 $27.14 -60.5%
Milwaukee 3.7% $71.70 $79.76 11.3%
Minneapolis-St. Paul 14.2% $81.80 $61.20 -25.2%
New Orleans 0.0% $82.11
Nashville 0.0% $66.00
New York 4.0% $91.50 $63.09 -31.0%
Oklahoma City 25.7% $74.50 $38.60 -48.2%
Orlando 0.0% $61.40
Pittsburgh 5.0% $78.14 $52.41 -32.9%
Philadelphia 0.2% $90.00 $38.60 -57.1%
Phoenix 44.6% $72.78 $42.28 -41.9%
Portland 0.0% $81.79
Providence 0.0% $85.40
Raleigh-Durham 37.5% $55.45 $49.90 -10.0%
Rochester 0.0% $69.40
Richmond 0.0% $52.37
Sacramento 5.2% $85.15 $38.10 -55.3%
San Antonio 0.0% $53.10
San Diego 30.1% $68.44 $47.63 -30.4%
Seattle 4.9% $91.52 $58.00 -36.6%
San Francisco 13.0% $107.37 $61.29 -42.9%
Salt Lake City 0.0% $65.70
St., Louis 10.5% $72.70 $48.40 -33.4%
Tampa-St. Petersburg 0.0% $52.97
Virginia Beach 0.0% $52.30
Washington-Baltimore 5.8% $84.24 $55.49 -34.1%
Total 10.4% $83.42 $50.82 -39.1%
Calculated from FTA National Transit Database    

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