US National Urban
Public Transport Financial Performance: 1980-1994
Financial Data Inflation Adjusted (1997$)
Year
Expenditures
Revenues
Subsidies
Revenue
Ratio
Boardings
Cost per
Boarding
Subsidy per Boarding
1980
$13.8
$4.7
$9.1
34.0%
8.6
$1.61
$1.06
1985
$18.5
$5.7
$12.9
30.6%
8.4
$2.21
$1.53
1990
$21.1
$5.9
$15.2
27.8%
8.0
$2.65
$1.91
1994
$24.2
$6.3
$18.0
25.8%
7.7
$3.14
$2.33
Change
75.5%
33.4%
97.1%
-24.0%
-10.1%
95.2%
119.2%
Financial & Ridership data in billions (thousand millions)
Expenditure & revenue data from US Department of Commerce
Ridership from Federal Transit
Administration and the American Public Transit Association
