Data / Agency profiles Transit agency profiles 301 US transit agencies across 47 states · 2024 report year
Every agency here reported at least a million passenger trips in 2024 and has at least
three years of history in the National Transit Database — enough to show a trend rather
than a snapshot. Together they carry 7.43 billion trips a year and spend
$60.6 billion doing it. Smaller operators are left out deliberately:
a page built on two numbers is not worth reading.
Each profile gives ridership, operating expense and cost per rider by mode, how that agency
compares with the national median for each mode it runs, and a ten-year inflation-adjusted
trend. You can also compare systems side by side or
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Alabama 1 Alaska 1 Arizona 5 Agency Location Annual trips Cost per rider Modes City of Phoenix Phoenix 24,023,909 $10.11 2 City of Tucson Tucson 17,970,113 $5.63 3 Valley Metro Rail, Inc. Phoenix 11,008,756 $7.29 2 Regional Public Transportation Authority Phoenix 9,330,555 $17.88 3 Northern Arizona Intergovernmental Public Transportation Authority Flagstaff 1,661,350 $6.65 3
Arkansas 2 California 48 Agency Location Annual trips Cost per rider Modes Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Los Angeles 302,611,788 $7.99 6 City and County of San Francisco San Francisco 160,543,993 $7.03 6 San Diego Metropolitan Transit System San Diego 75,682,794 $5.05 4 San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District Oakland 54,927,366 $16.07 3 Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District Oakland 39,944,290 $14.13 4 Orange County Transportation Authority Orange 36,466,603 $9.25 3 Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority San Jose 27,710,782 $17.53 3 Long Beach Transit Long Beach 18,503,348 $6.66 2 Sacramento Regional Transit District Sacramento 16,361,582 $15.53 3 City of Los Angeles Los Angeles 15,785,230 $8.19 3 San Mateo County Transit District San Carlos 10,255,600 $21.02 2 City of Fresno Fresno 9,760,432 $7.90 2 Foothill Transit West Covina 9,164,170 $14.74 1 Anaheim Transportation Network Anaheim 8,696,858 $2.26 2 City of Santa Monica Santa Monica 8,633,459 $10.35 2 North County Transit District Oceanside 7,705,768 $19.33 4 Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board San Carlos 7,405,005 $26.03 1 Omnitrans San Bernardino 6,976,002 $13.50 2 Riverside Transit Agency Riverside 5,754,320 $16.89 3 Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District Santa Barbara 4,684,415 $5.94 1 Southern California Regional Rail Authority Los Angeles 4,321,271 $71.56 1 Access Services El Monte 4,167,464 $59.47 1 Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District Santa Cruz 3,911,718 $14.57 3 Golden Empire Transit District Bakersfield 3,835,221 $10.29 2 Gold Coast Transit District Oxnard 3,645,475 $9.42 2 University of California, Davis Davis 3,481,877 $2.64 1 California Vanpool Authority Visalia 3,466,955 $3.94 1 Stanislaus Regional Transit Authority Modesto 3,131,837 $13.34 3 City of Culver City Culver City 2,891,288 $10.23 2 Marin County Transit District San Rafael 2,867,835 $12.64 2 Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District San Francisco 2,865,159 $48.17 3 City of Montebello Montebello 2,798,186 $11.57 2 SunLine Transit Agency Thousand Palms 2,751,454 $16.96 3 Monterey-Salinas Transit Monterey 2,735,008 $18.60 3 Central Contra Costa Transit Authority Concord 2,703,778 $17.15 2 San Joaquin Regional Transit District Stockton 2,556,358 $17.69 3 San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority San Francisco 2,388,379 $25.26 1 City of Gardena Gardena 2,180,296 $11.37 2 City of Torrance Torrance 2,067,031 $15.15 2 City of Santa Clarita Santa Clarita 2,066,662 $13.19 3 Antelope Valley Transit Authority Lancaster 1,660,105 $19.65 3 Victor Valley Transit Authority Hesperia 1,659,923 $23.31 4 City of Santa Rosa Santa Rosa 1,451,786 $10.17 2 The Eastern Contra Costa Transit Authority Antioch 1,411,611 $23.68 2 Livermore / Amador Valley Transit Authority Livermore 1,353,810 $13.90 1 City of Pasadena Pasadena 1,262,321 $8.42 2 Metropolitan Transportation Commission San Francisco 1,220,897 $7.08 1 City of Norwalk Norwalk 1,161,864 $14.53 2
Colorado 10 Agency Location Annual trips Cost per rider Modes Denver Regional Transportation District Denver 64,291,997 $13.88 4 Roaring Fork Transportation Authority Glenwood Springs 4,765,034 $11.68 4 Town of Mountain Village Telluride 3,179,406 $1.78 2 City of Colorado Springs Colorado Springs 3,011,152 $13.03 3 City of Fort Collins Fort Collins 2,651,954 $6.86 3 Town of Vail Vail 2,623,594 $2.75 2 Summit County Breckenridge 1,371,582 $11.75 3 Town of Breckenridge Breckenridge 1,208,760 $5.84 1 City of Steamboat Springs Steamboat Springs 1,167,813 $5.61 3 Eagle County Eagle 1,027,297 $9.31 1
Connecticut 8 Agency Location Annual trips Cost per rider Modes Connecticut Department of Transportation - CTTRANSIT - Hartford Division Hartford 12,658,139 $8.49 2 Connecticut Department of Transportation - CTTRANSIT New Haven Division Hartford 5,988,941 $9.63 1 Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority Bridgeport 4,665,100 $5.76 2 Connecticut Department of Transportation - CTTRANSIT Stamford Division Hartford 2,766,772 $7.76 1 Connecticut Department of Transportation- CTTransit Waterbury- NET Watertown 1,800,304 $13.07 2 Norwalk Transit District Norwalk 1,324,162 $13.20 2 Windham Region Transit District Mansfield Center 1,274,525 $4.27 3 Southeast Area Transit District Preston 1,065,778 $8.55 2
Delaware 1 Florida 17 Agency Location Annual trips Cost per rider Modes County of Miami-Dade Miami 88,249,709 $7.39 6 Broward County Board of County Commissioners Fort Lauderdale 25,255,144 $8.87 2 Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority Orlando 19,621,469 $10.52 4 Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority Tampa 12,899,295 $8.43 3 Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority Saint Petersburg 10,368,682 $10.55 4 Board of County Commissioners, Palm Beach County West Palm Beach 9,611,502 $14.52 2 Jacksonville Transportation Authority Jacksonville 7,370,795 $20.89 5 City of Gainesville, FL Gainesville 5,539,255 $5.42 3 South Florida Regional Transportation Authority Pompano Beach 4,734,143 $26.96 2 City of Tallahassee Tallahassee 2,454,794 $10.99 2 Sarasota County Sarasota 2,341,949 $15.45 2 County of Volusia Deland 2,289,411 $13.39 3 Manatee County Board of County Commissioners Sarasota 2,214,096 $8.14 2 Lee County Fort Myers 2,046,358 $15.04 2 Brevard Board of County Commissioners Titusville 1,937,619 $9.23 3 Indian River County Vero Beach 1,384,275 $5.04 2 Central Florida Commuter Rail Tallahassee 1,136,319 $67.51 1
Georgia 6 Agency Location Annual trips Cost per rider Modes Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Atlanta 65,587,365 $10.18 4 University of Georgia Athens 2,979,387 $2.45 2 Chatham Area Transit Authority Savannah 2,621,178 $9.68 3 Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners Lawrenceville 1,391,662 $21.27 3 Athens-Clarke County Unified Government Athens 1,351,810 $5.34 2 Cobb County Marietta 1,096,025 $32.41 3
Hawaii 3 Illinois 11 Agency Location Annual trips Cost per rider Modes Chicago Transit Authority Chicago 309,197,026 $6.20 2 Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation Chicago 35,051,943 $28.21 1 Pace, the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority Arlington Heights 17,906,275 $14.94 3 Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District Urbana 9,558,020 $4.71 2 Pace, the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority Arlington Heights 3,215,055 $68.40 1 Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District Moline 2,345,772 $10.43 3 Bloomington-Normal Public Transit System Normal 2,304,586 $7.89 2 Greater Peoria Mass Transit District Peoria 1,898,158 $15.45 2 Madison County Transit District Pontoon Beach 1,626,524 $20.44 3 Springfield Mass Transit District Springfield 1,439,300 $14.40 2 Rockford Mass Transit District Rockford 1,368,559 $17.05 2
Indiana 6 Agency Location Annual trips Cost per rider Modes Indianapolis and Marion County Public Transportation Indianapolis 7,133,338 $18.78 3 Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation Lafayette 4,489,941 $3.56 3 Bloomington Public Transportation Corporation Bloomington 2,595,814 $4.22 2 Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District Chesterton 1,771,513 $36.69 1 Fort Wayne Public Transportation Corporation Fort Wayne 1,613,446 $11.26 2 South Bend Public Transportation Corporation South Bend 1,400,039 $8.26 2
Iowa 5 Agency Location Annual trips Cost per rider Modes Ames Transit Agency Ames 4,700,906 $2.85 1 Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority Des Moines 3,515,905 $10.69 3 University of Iowa Iowa City 2,594,072 $1.84 2 City of Iowa City Iowa City 1,505,184 $4.93 1 City of Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids 1,137,647 $8.66 2
Kansas 2 Kentucky 3 Louisiana 5 Agency Location Annual trips Cost per rider Modes New Orleans Regional Transit Authority New Orleans 14,106,028 $9.94 4 City of Shreveport Shreveport 4,282,070 $4.04 2 Capital Area Transit System Baton Rouge 1,593,166 $21.80 2 Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government Lafayette 1,543,701 $3.94 2 Jefferson Parish Gretna 1,405,503 $15.42 2
Maine 2 Maryland 5 Agency Location Annual trips Cost per rider Modes Maryland Transit Administration Baltimore 64,238,734 $16.43 6 Montgomery County, Maryland Rockville 18,434,535 $9.26 2 Prince George's County, Maryland Upper Marlboro 2,287,654 $17.58 2 City of Baltimore Baltimore 1,533,999 $6.26 2 Mayor and City Council Town of Ocean City Ocean City 1,368,433 $3.23 2
Massachusetts 8 Agency Location Annual trips Cost per rider Modes Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Boston 251,724,882 $8.59 7 Pioneer Valley Transit Authority Springfield 8,017,071 $7.47 2 Worcester Regional Transit Authority Worcester 4,776,662 $6.97 2 Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority Falmouth 3,821,383 $31.55 2 Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority Haverhill 2,950,920 $8.50 2 Southeastern Regional Transit Authority New Bedford 2,926,800 $8.98 2 Brockton Area Transit Authority Brockton 2,553,455 $7.68 2 Martha's Vineyard Transit Authority Edgartown 1,048,807 $7.99 2
Michigan 11 Agency Location Annual trips Cost per rider Modes City of Detroit Detroit 13,159,260 $9.13 2 Capital Area Transportation Authority Lansing 8,843,763 $6.74 2 Interurban Transit Partnership Grand Rapids 6,428,208 $7.80 3 Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation Detroit 6,053,170 $18.50 2 Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority Ann Arbor 5,170,030 $10.56 4 University of Michigan Parking and Transportation Services Ann Arbor 4,567,120 $2.98 1 Mass Transportation Authority Flint 3,490,743 $15.25 3 Central County Transportation Authority Kalamazoo 1,870,735 $10.61 2 M-1 Rail Detroit 1,143,100 $9.85 1 Detroit Transportation Corporation Detroit 1,040,277 $19.82 1 Blue Water Area Transportation Commission Port Huron 1,034,337 $14.49 3
Minnesota 5 Agency Location Annual trips Cost per rider Modes Metro Transit Minneapolis 47,558,455 $10.85 3 Metropolitan Council Saint Paul 4,363,997 $33.48 3 University of Minnesota Minneapolis 2,530,947 $2.70 1 Duluth Transit Authority Duluth 2,341,390 $9.68 2 Minnesota Valley Transit Authority Burnsville 1,335,758 $26.16 2
Missouri 4 Montana 1 Nebraska 2 Nevada 2 New Jersey 6 Agency Location Annual trips Cost per rider Modes New Jersey Transit Corporation Newark 222,475,309 $13.25 6 Port Imperial Ferry Corporation Weehawken 6,230,764 $5.07 2 Port Authority Transit Corporation Camden 5,643,435 $10.22 1 Shortline Transit LLC Mahwah 1,929,039 $16.59 1 SeaStreak, LLC Atlantic Highlands 1,310,972 $19.42 1 Academy Lines, Inc. Hoboken 1,119,788 $18.75 1
New Mexico 1 Agency Location Annual trips Cost per rider Modes City of Albuquerque Albuquerque 6,903,362 $8.95 3
New York 19 Agency Location Annual trips Cost per rider Modes MTA New York City Transit Brooklyn 2,902,018,903 $3.68 5 MTA Bus Company New York 126,616,665 $7.69 1 MTA Long Island Rail Road New York 97,220,517 $22.76 1 Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company, dba: MTA Metro-North Railroad New York 74,395,798 $23.03 3 Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation New York 62,489,580 $9.58 1 Westchester County White Plains 24,745,768 $7.65 2 County of Nassau Mineola 22,132,047 $7.58 2 Capital District Transportation Authority Albany 16,580,413 $8.10 4 New York City Department of Transportation New York 16,214,706 $11.72 1 Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority Buffalo 15,497,921 $9.95 3 Regional Transit Service Rochester 10,253,425 $10.60 2 Central New York Regional Transportation Authority Syracuse 7,296,742 $10.92 2 New York City Economic Development Corporation New York 7,204,357 $12.04 2 Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority Staten Island 5,343,041 $16.69 1 Suffolk County Yaphank 3,960,816 $27.83 2 Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit Ithaca 2,876,311 $7.04 2 Broome County Binghamton 1,615,601 $7.70 2 Village of Kiryas Joel Monroe 1,304,807 $5.37 2 County of Rockland New City 1,145,947 $18.34 2
North Carolina 12 Agency Location Annual trips Cost per rider Modes City of Charlotte North Carolina Charlotte 14,903,051 $15.03 6 City of Durham Durham 6,540,017 $5.86 2 City of Raleigh Raleigh 4,677,637 $11.48 2 Town of Chapel Hill Chapel Hill 3,885,139 $7.44 2 North Carolina State University Raleigh 2,671,487 $1.20 1 City of Greensboro Greensboro 2,541,347 $13.36 2 Research Triangle Regional Public Transportation Authority Durham 1,878,480 $17.65 3 City of Winston Salem Winston Salem 1,778,798 $13.22 2 City of Asheville Asheville 1,607,423 $7.92 1 City of Fayetteville Fayetteville 1,521,040 $8.18 2 AppalCart Boone 1,516,410 $3.56 2 North Carolina Department of Transportation -- Ferry Division Raleigh 1,377,381 $35.82 1
Ohio 10 Agency Location Annual trips Cost per rider Modes The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Cleveland 24,888,785 $12.28 5 Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority Cincinnati 13,578,716 $11.68 2 Central Ohio Transit Authority Columbus 12,349,881 $17.12 2 Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority Dayton 6,240,353 $11.95 3 METRO Regional Transit Authority Akron 5,341,634 $11.16 2 Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority Toledo 2,265,114 $19.01 3 Western Reserve Transit Authority Youngstown 1,999,501 $8.23 2 Stark Area Regional Transit Authority Canton 1,460,390 $23.91 2 Portage Area Regional Transportation Authority Kent 1,178,908 $8.43 2 City of Cincinnati Cincinnati 1,159,008 $4.61 1
Oklahoma 2 Oregon 6 Agency Location Annual trips Cost per rider Modes Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon Portland 64,748,819 $11.06 4 Lane Transit District Eugene 6,724,989 $10.83 4 City of Portland Portland 4,101,291 $6.68 2 Salem Area Mass Transit District Salem 3,524,645 $13.90 3 City of Corvallis Corvallis 1,020,099 $4.29 1 Rogue Valley Transportation District Medford 1,001,161 $19.99 2
Pennsylvania 6 Agency Location Annual trips Cost per rider Modes Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Philadelphia 200,711,934 $7.73 6 Pittsburgh Regional Transit Pittsburgh 37,876,514 $13.32 4 Centre Area Transportation Authority State College 5,048,768 $4.30 3 Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority Allentown 4,209,277 $13.53 2 South Central Transit Authority Lancaster 3,788,665 $10.79 2 Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority Erie 1,594,642 $14.21 2
Puerto Rico 4 Rhode Island 1 South Carolina 2 Tennessee 5 Agency Location Annual trips Cost per rider Modes Metropolitan Transit Authority Madison 8,858,154 $13.80 2 City of Memphis Memphis 3,118,613 $16.52 3 City of Knoxville Knoxville 2,797,279 $8.07 2 City of Pigeon Forge Pigeon Forge 2,112,289 $1.83 2 Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority Chattanooga 1,808,673 $13.48 3
Texas 12 Agency Location Annual trips Cost per rider Modes Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas Houston 75,859,165 $10.71 6 Dallas Area Rapid Transit Dallas 54,358,356 $14.06 5 VIA Metropolitan Transit San Antonio 30,716,511 $8.55 3 Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Austin 26,473,441 $14.75 5 City of El Paso El Paso 6,718,003 $10.62 3 Fort Worth Transportation Authority Fort Worth 6,112,770 $21.13 4 Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority Corpus Christi 3,710,197 $12.07 3 Denton County Transportation Authority Lewisville 3,198,901 $13.29 4 City of Lubbock Lubbock 2,603,678 $5.87 2 Texas State University San Marcos 2,456,126 $2.19 1 City of Laredo Laredo 1,860,712 $9.64 2 City of Brownsville Brownsville 1,301,770 $6.37 2
the District of Columbia 2 Utah 4 Vermont 1 Virginia 13 Agency Location Annual trips Cost per rider Modes Greater Richmond Transit Company Richmond 10,990,419 $6.98 4 Fairfax County, VA Fairfax 8,721,363 $12.74 1 Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads Hampton 8,616,946 $14.93 5 City of Alexandria Alexandria 5,351,810 $7.36 2 Town of Blacksburg Blacksburg 3,791,431 $3.37 2 Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission Woodbridge 2,585,992 $21.01 4 Arlington County, Virginia Arlington 2,458,738 $11.46 2 City of Harrisonburg Harrisonburg 1,877,126 $3.75 2 Virginia Railway Express Woodbridge 1,589,693 $66.71 1 Williamsburg Area Transit Authority Williamsburg 1,423,486 $5.42 2 Greater Roanoke Transit Company Roanoke 1,396,664 $10.21 2 City of Charlottesville Charlottesville 1,353,061 $8.18 1 City of Fairfax Fairfax 1,002,134 $5.20 1
Washington 14 Agency Location Annual trips Cost per rider Modes King County Seattle 88,638,711 $11.39 6 Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority Seattle 41,949,168 $14.37 5 Washington State Ferries Olympia 18,859,209 $18.76 1 Spokane Transit Authority Spokane 10,661,102 $11.12 3 Snohomish County Public Transportation Benefit Area Corporation Everett 8,426,406 $21.29 4 Pierce County Transportation Benefit Area Authority Lakewood 7,497,585 $15.78 3 Clark County Public Transportation Benefit Area Authority Vancouver 4,965,694 $15.41 3 Intercity Transit Olympia 4,589,073 $15.20 4 Whatcom Transportation Authority Bellingham 3,977,734 $11.83 3 Ben Franklin Transit Richland 3,526,576 $14.51 3 Kitsap County Public Transportation Benefit Area Authority Bremerton 3,217,021 $23.53 4 City of Seattle Seattle 2,160,883 $2.80 1 City of Everett Everett 1,835,207 $15.03 2 Chelan Douglas PTBA Wenatchee 1,358,002 $19.98 3
West Virginia 2 Wisconsin 4 Wyoming 1 Compare instead of browse 20 ranked lists put these agencies against each other by mode and metric.
See the rankings → Source & method. Figures are from the Federal Transit Administration's National Transit Database (NTD) annual reporting for 2024, the most recent published report year. Cost per rider is operating expense divided by unlinked passenger trips. Farebox recovery is fare revenue divided by operating expense. Ten-year trends are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; single-year figures are as reported. Agencies self-report to the NTD, and reporting practice varies, so figures are best read as comparable in magnitude rather than to the cent.