US Public Transport:
Cost per Passenger Mile
By Public Transport Authority
and Mode: 1997

Rank Operator Mode Cost per Passenger Mile
1 NJ-NJTC/Academy MB $0.119
2 NJ-NJTC/Suburban MB $0.152
3 NJ-NJTC/Hudson Transit MB $0.158
4 Atlanta-MARTA HR $0.180
5 San Diego- The Trolley LR $0.191
6 St. Louis-Bi-State LR $0.199
7 NJ/NY-Rockland MB $0.200
8 Boston-MBTA CR $0.221
9 Des Moines-Metro MB $0.233
10 NW IN-NICTD CR $0.236
11 Chicago-RTA-Metra CR $0.239
12 NY-MTA-NYCTA HR $0.261
13 San Francisco-BART HR $0.266
14 LA-Foothill Transit MB $0.269
15 VA-VRE CR $0.270
16 LA-Santa Monica MB $0.271
17 SF-CalTrain CR $0.275
18 NY-MTA-Metro North RR CR $0.277
19 Philadelphia-PATCO HR $0.279
20 NY-MTA-Long Island RR CR $0.284
21 LA-SCRRA CR $0.289
22 Prince William-PRTC MB $0.291
23 Ft. Lauderdale-TCRA CR $0.296
24 Honolulu-DTS MB $0.297
25 Seattle-Metro TB $0.298
26 NJ Transit (Contract) MB $0.308
27 New Jersey Transit CR $0.313
28 Washington-WMATA HR $0.314
29 SF-Golden Gate MB $0.316
30 Baltimore-Maryland-MTA CR $0.318
31 San Diego-SANDAG MB $0.319
32 Bremerton-Kitsap Transit MB $0.329
33 Philadelphia-Penn DOT CR $0.332
34 Las Vegas - ATC\VanCom MB $0.336
35 El Paso-Sun Metro MB $0.338
36 Philadelphia-SEPTA HR $0.339
37 San Bernardino-OMNITRANS MB $0.340
38 Chicago-RTA-CTA HR $0.344
39 San Diego Transit MB $0.366
40 Portland-Tri-Met LR $0.366
41 Cleveland-RTA HR $0.366
42 Champaign-Urbana-MTD MB $0.368
43 NY-Westchester-Liberty MB $0.371
44 Corpus Christi-The B MB $0.372
45 Memphis-MATA MB $0.375
46 Orlando-LYNX MB $0.378
47 Cincinnati-SORTA MB $0.378
48 Tucson-Sun Tran MB $0.382
49 Sacramento-RT LR $0.385
50 San Antonio-VIA MB $0.389
51 Seattle-Snohomish-Commun. MB $0.396
52 Santa Barbara-MTD MB $0.397
53 San Diego-NCTD MB $0.401
54 Ft. Lauderdale-Bct MB $0.404
55 Boston-MBTA HR $0.407
56 New Orleans-RTA LR $0.411
57 NYCDOT-Bus Tours MB $0.412
58 Newport News-Pentran MB $0.412
59 Philadelphia-SEPTA CR $0.426
60 New Jersey Transit LR $0.426
61 Jacksonville-JTA MB $0.430
62 Riverside-RTA MB $0.438
63 LA-OCTA MB $0.441
64 Norfolk-TRT MB $0.442
65 Phoenix PTD MB $0.443
66 LA-LACMTA-Metro LR $0.445
67 San Joaquin-Smart MB $0.445
68 San Juan-MBA MB $0.453
69 Baltimore-Maryland-MTA LR $0.455
70 Seattle-Metro MB $0.455
71 Cleveland-RTA LR $0.459
72 Eugene-LTD MB $0.461
73 Miami-MDTA HR $0.462
74 Tacoma-Pierce Transit MB $0.466
75 Port Authority-PATH HR $0.475
76 Louisville-TARC MB $0.476
77 LA-LACMTA-Metro MB $0.477
78 Baltimore-Maryland-MTA HR $0.485
79 Fresno-FAX MB $0.488
80 Houston-Metro MB $0.489
81 Chicago-RTA-Pace MB $0.490
82 Vancouver-C-Tran MB $0.490
83 San Diego-NCTD CR $0.494
84 Tulsa-MTA MB $0.495
85 LA-Torrance MB $0.495
86 Charlotte-CTS MB $0.500
87 Flint-MTA MB $0.503
88 Monterey-MST MB $0.504
89 Minneapolis-St. Paul-MCTO MB $0.504
90 Dayton-RTA TB $0.508
91 Milwaukee-County MB $0.509
92 Denver-RTD MB $0.509
93 New Jersey Transit MB $0.509
94 NY-MTA-Long Island Bus MB $0.511
95 New Orleans-RTA MB $0.513
96 Indianapolis-Metro MB $0.515
97 Springfield Transit MB $0.516
98 SF-SamTrans MB $0.516
99 Albany-CDTA MB $0.516
100 Portland-Tri-Met MB $0.517
101 Baltimore-Maryland-MTA MB $0.518
102 Little Rock-CAT MB $0.518
103 Austin-Capital Metro MB $0.519
104 Santa Cruz-METRO MB $0.535
105 Boston-MBTA LR $0.539
106 Miami-MDTA MB $0.541
107 San Francisco-Muni LR $0.544
108 Bakersfield-GET MB $0.546
109 LA-Long Beach Transit MB $0.546
110 Sacramento-RT MB $0.555
111 Cincinnati-TANK MB $0.555
112 Nashville-MTA MB $0.559
113 Allentown-Lanta MB $0.567
114 Salt Lake City-UTA MB $0.578
115 NY-Hauppage-Suffolk Trans MB $0.580
116 Atlanta-MARTA MB $0.587
117 NYCDOT-Queens MB $0.589
118 Richmond-GRTC MB $0.591
119 NY-MTA-Staten Island HR $0.595
120 Madison-MMT MB $0.597
121 CT-Carey Transportation MB $0.610
122 Denver-RTD LR $0.617
123 Tampa-Hartline MB $0.619
124 NYCDOT-Liberty MB $0.626
125 Oklahoma City-COTPA MB $0.630
126 Philadelphia-SEPTA MB $0.633
127 San Francisco-Muni MB $0.634
128 St. Louis-Bi-State MB $0.640
129 Pittsburgh-PAT LR $0.644
130 Pittsburgh-PAT MB $0.646
131 Washington-WMATA MB $0.648
132 Fort Worth-The T MB $0.650
133 Detroit-SMART MB $0.651
134 Omaha-TA MB $0.654
135 Hartford-CT Transit MB $0.656
136 Boston-MBTA MB $0.657
137 Detroit-D-DOT MB $0.662
138 Columbus-COTA MB $0.665
139 Chicago-RTA-CTA MB $0.667
140 Maryland-Ride-On MB $0.672
141 Delaware-DTC MB $0.672
142 St. Petersburg-PSTA MB $0.677
143 Grand Rapids-GRATA MB $0.678
144 Providence-RIPTA MB $0.683
145 New Haven-CT Transit MB $0.692
146 City of Los Angeles MB $0.695
147 Syracuse-RTA-Centro MB $0.699
148 New Bedford-SERTA MB $0.699
149 San Jose-SCCTD MB $0.714
150 NYCDOT-GTJC MB $0.716
151 Dallas-DART MB $0.717
152 Cleveland-RTA MB $0.718
153 Contra Costa-Connection MB $0.726
154 Albuquerque-Sun Tran MB $0.741
155 Dayton-RTA MB $0.749
156 Philadelphia-SEPTA LR $0.751
157 Oakland-AC Transit MB $0.753
158 Spokane-STA MB $0.760
159 Kansas City-KCATA MB $0.766
160 Toledo-TARTA MB $0.767
161 Rochester-RTS MB $0.780
162 Buffalo-NFTA MB $0.784
163 NY-MTA-NYCTA MB $0.785
164 San Jose-SCCTD LR $0.810
165 Dallas-DART LR $0.839
166 Buffalo-NFTA LR $0.873
167 Akron-Metro MB $0.887
168 Duluth-DTA MB $0.895
169 Olympia-IT MB $0.928
170 Galveston-Island Transit LR $0.938
171 Boston-MBTA TB $0.997
172 Hartford-Conn DOT CR $1.005
173 Ann Arbor-AATA MB $1.044
174 West Palm-CoTran MB $1.180
175 LA-LACMTA-Metro HR $1.397
176 Philadelphia-SEPTA TB $1.484
177 San Francisco-Muni TB $1.887
178 Seattle-Metro LR $2.144
179 Memphis-MATA LR $2.238
180 Dallas-DART CR $2.937

Note: Includes all rail and trolley bus operators, and all motor bus operators with more than 50 buses in active service.

Source: Calculated from National Transit Database


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