US Public Transport Motor Bus
Costs per Vehicle Hour: 1997

Rank State Bus System Cost per Vehicle Hour
1 CA San Diego-SANDAG $30.90
2 VA Norfolk-TRT $40.72
3 AZ Tucson-Sun Tran $41.72
4 NV Las Vegas - ATC\VanCom $41.91
5 VA Newport News-Pentran $42.40
6 NE Omaha-TA $43.37
7 MA Springfield Transit $44.17
8 MI Flint-MTA $44.77
9 TX San Antonio-VIA $44.95
10 CA LA-Foothill Transit $45.24
11 TX El Paso-Sun Metro $46.36
12 FL West Palm-CoTran $47.23
13 FL Jacksonville-JTA $47.53
14 VA Richmond-GRTC $48.35
15 KY Louisville-TARC $48.91
16 TX Fort Worth-The T $49.19
17 TN Memphis-MATA $49.27
18 FL Orlando-LYNX $49.71
19 NY NY-Hauppage-Suffolk Trans $50.33
20 NY Albany-CDTA $50.53
21 FL Tampa-Hartline $51.42
22 IN Indianapolis-Metro $51.58
23 FL St. Petersburg-PSTA $52.19
24 UT Salt Lake City-UTA $52.39
25 TN Nashville-MTA $52.57
26 NC Charlotte-CTS $52.93
27 DE Delaware-DTC $53.29
28 OH Toledo-TARTA $53.62
29 CA San Diego Transit $54.29
30 CA LA-Long Beach Transit $54.40
31 CA San Bernardino-OMNITRANS $55.10
32 OH Akron-Metro $55.62
33 CA San Diego-NCTD $55.64
34 NM Albuquerque-Sun Tran $56.15
35 CA LA-Santa Monica $56.15
36 OH Cincinnati-SORTA $56.29
37 TX Austin-Capital Metro $56.64
38 IL Chicago-RTA-Pace $57.07
39 MO St. Louis-Bi-State $58.95
40 NY Buffalo-NFTA $59.29
41 MD Maryland-Ride-On $59.36
42 FL Ft. Lauderdale-Bct $59.60
43 AZ Phoenix PTD $59.69
44 OH Dayton-RTA $60.51
45 WI Milwaukee-County $60.61
46 NY Rochester-RTS $61.74
47 CA City of Los Angeles $62.11
48 WA Spokane-STA $62.56
49 CT Hartford-CT Transit $62.58
50 NY Syracuse-RTA-Centro $62.91
51 MN Minneapolis-St. Paul-MCTO $63.79
52 CO Denver-RTD $64.17
53 WA Tacoma-Pierce Transit $64.31
54 OR Portland-Tri-Met $64.90
55 RI Providence-RIPTA $64.95
56 WI Madison-MMT $65.30
57 GA Atlanta-MARTA $65.76
58 CA LA-OCTA $65.86
59 OH Columbus-COTA $66.77
60 MO Kansas City-KCATA $67.71
61 FL Miami-MDTA $68.01
62 MI Detroit-SMART $68.34
63 LA New Orleans-RTA $68.55
64 NY NY-Westchester-Liberty $68.62
65 MA Boston-MBTA $71.44
66 CA SF-SamTrans $71.45
67 WA Seattle-Snohomish-Commun. $71.48
68 PA Pittsburgh-PAT $72.88
69 IL Chicago-RTA-CTA $73.09
70 TX Houston-Metro $73.45
71 OH Cleveland-RTA $73.60
72 MD Baltimore-Maryland-MTA $74.34
73 CA Sacramento-RT $75.12
74 HI Honolulu-DTS $76.81
75 NJ New Jersey Transit $79.88
76 DC Washington-WMATA $80.29
77 MI Detroit-D-DOT $81.41
78 CA Oakland-AC Transit $81.72
79 WA Seattle-Metro $81.93
80 NY NY-MTA-Long Island Bus $82.14
81 CA San Francisco-Muni $85.58
82 NY NY-MTA-NYCTA $85.63
83 CA LA-LACMTA-Metro $90.56
84 CA SF-Golden Gate $91.14
85 TX Dallas-DART $92.30
86 CA San Jose-SCCTD $92.92
87 PA Philadelphia-SEPTA $97.87
    Average $62.06
Source: Calculated from National Transit Database.

Agencies operating 100 or more buses in peak service.

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