Millions of unlinked trips
| Bus | Transit rail | Other | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | Commuter | Light | ||||
| 1998 | 4,754 | 2,393 | 381 | 273 | 315 | 8,115 |
| 1999 | 4,992 | 2,521 | 396 | 289 | 326 | 8,523 |
| 2000 | 5,040 | 2,632 | 413 | 316 | 319 | 8,720 |
| 2001 | 5,215 | 2,728 | 418 | 334 | 312 | 9,008 |
| 2002 | 5,269 | 2,688 | 414 | 337 | 311 | 9,018 |
| 2003 | 5,146 | 2,667 | 410 | 338 | 315 | 8,876 |
| 2004 | 5,094 | 2,748 | 414 | 350 | 331 | 8,937 |
| 2005 | 5,226 | 2,808 | 423 | 381 | 338 | 9,176 |
| 2006 | 5,274 | 2,927 | 441 | 407 | 331 | 9,379 |
| 2007 | 5,278 | 3,460 | 458 | 418 | 334 | 9,948 |
| 2008 | 5,448 | 3,547 | 471 | 451 | 339 | 10,257 |
NOTES: Other includes automated guideway, cable car, vanpool, demand response, ferryboats, inclined planes, monorail, jitney, publico, Alaska Railroad, aerial tramway, and trolley buses.
Details may not add to totals due to rounding.
See glossary for definitions of service types.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database, Data Tables,Transit Operating Statistics: Service Supplied and Consumed, table 19 (Washington, D.C.: Annual Issues), available at http://www.ntdprogram.gov/ntdprogram/data.htm as of January 2010.