US Public Transport Intermodal Cost per Passenger Mile: 1996

Operating Cost per Passenger Mile: 1996
(Capital Costs Excluded Except for Some Contract Services)
Transit Agency
Mode
Cost per Passenger Mile
Variance
Akron-Metro Motor Bus $0.994 738.0%
Albany-CDTA Motor Bus $0.532 348.2%
Albuquerque-Sun Tran Motor Bus $0.677 470.5%
Atlanta-MARTA Motor Bus $0.678 471.5%
Atlanta-MARTA Heavy Rail $0.185 55.9%
Austin-Capital Metro Motor Bus $0.534 350.2%
Baltimore-Maryland-MTA Commuter Rail $0.354 198.4%
Baltimore-Maryland-MTA Light Rail $0.500 321.4%
Baltimore-Maryland-MTA Motor Bus $0.530 347.1%
Baltimore-Maryland-MTA Heavy Rail $0.687 479.5%
Boston-MBTA Trolley Bus $0.586 393.7%
Boston-MBTA Heavy Rail $0.407 243.5%
Boston-MBTA Motor Bus $0.611 415.1%
Boston-MBTA Light Rail $0.536 351.6%
Boston-MBTA Commuter Rail $0.202 70.5%
Buffalo-NFTA Motor Bus $0.786 562.4%
Buffalo-NFTA Light Rail $0.890 650.4%
Charlotte-CTS Motor Bus $0.499 320.3%
Chicago-RTA-CTA Motor Bus $0.661 456.8%
Chicago-RTA-CTA Heavy Rail $0.329 177.2%
Chicago-RTA-Metra Commuter Rail $0.242 104.1%
Chicago-RTA-Pace Motor Bus $0.523 341.2%
Cincinnati-SORTA Motor Bus $0.435 266.5%
Cleveland-RTA Heavy Rail $0.362 205.3%
Cleveland-RTA Motor Bus $0.741 524.3%
Cleveland-RTA Light Rail $0.467 294.1%
Columbus-COTA Motor Bus $0.618 421.1%
Dallas-DART Light Rail $5.582 4605.5%
Dallas-Fort Worth-DART Motor Bus $0.588 395.4%
Dallas-Fort Worth-The T Motor Bus $0.572 382.0%
Dayton-RTA Motor Bus $1.090 818.6%
Dayton-RTA Trolley Bus $1.232 938.8%
Denver-RTD Motor Bus $0.480 304.7%
Denver-RTD Light Rail $0.558 370.5%
Detroit-D-DOT Motor Bus $0.770 549.3%
Detroit-SMART Motor Bus $0.521 339.4%
El Paso-Sun Metro Motor Bus $0.269 126.7%
Flint-MTA Motor Bus $0.479 303.9%
Ft. Lauderdale-Bct Motor Bus $0.397 234.6%
Ft. Lauderdale-TCRA Commuter Rail $0.302 154.2%
Hartford-Conn DOT Commuter Rail $0.967 715.4%
Hartford-CT Transit Motor Bus $0.588 395.9%
Honolulu-DTS Motor Bus $0.311 161.9%
Houston-Metro Motor Bus $0.542 357.1%
Indianapolis-Metro Motor Bus $0.444 274.1%
Jacksonville-JTA Motor Bus $0.503 324.1%
Kansas City-KCATA Motor Bus $0.764 544.2%
LA-City of Los Angeles Motor Bus $0.594 400.8%
LA-Foothill Transit Motor Bus $0.221 86.3%
LA-LACMTA-Metro Light Rail $0.419 252.9%
LA-LACMTA-Metro Heavy Rail $2.628 2115.6%
LA-LACMTA-Metro Motor Bus $0.497 318.8%
LA-Long Beach Transit Motor Bus $0.527 344.3%
LA-OCTA Motor Bus $0.515 333.8%
LA-Santa Monica Motor Bus $0.264 123.0%
LA-SCRRA Commuter Rail $0.293 147.4%
Louisville-TARC Motor Bus $0.562 374.2%
Madison-MMT Motor Bus $0.623 425.6%
Memphis-MATA Motor Bus $0.349 194.5%
Memphis-MATA Light Rail $2.394 1918.0%
Miami-MDTA Motor Bus $0.500 321.6%
Miami-MDTA Heavy Rail $0.406 241.9%
Milwaukee-County Motor Bus $0.530 346.5%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-MCTO Motor Bus $0.522 339.8%
Nashville-MTA Motor Bus $0.471 297.2%
New Jersey Transit Light Rail $0.437 268.7%
New Jersey Transit Motor Bus $0.517 335.7%
New Jersey Transit Commuter Rail $0.329 177.3%
New Orleans-RTA Light Rail $0.408 244.1%
New Orleans-RTA Motor Bus $0.458 286.4%
Newport News-Pentran Motor Bus $0.375 216.1%
NJ-NJTC/Academy Motor Bus $0.119 0.0%
NJ-NJTC/Hudson Transit Motor Bus $0.159 33.9%
NJ-NJTC/Suburban Motor Bus $0.143 20.7%
NJ Transit (Contract) Motor Bus $0.295 148.4%
NJ/NY-Rockland Motor Bus $0.195 64.4%
Norfolk-TRT Motor Bus $0.489 312.5%
NW IN-NICTD Commuter Rail $0.219 84.8%
NY-Hauppage-Suffolk Trans Motor Bus $0.546 360.4%
NY-MTA-Long Island Bus Motor Bus $0.525 342.5%
NY-MTA-Long Island RR Commuter Rail $0.274 130.8%
NY-MTA-Metro North RR Commuter Rail $0.246 107.4%
NY-MTA-NYCTA Motor Bus $0.794 569.0%
NY-MTA-NYCTA Heavy Rail $0.266 123.9%
NY-New York City DOT Motor Bus $0.650 447.9%
NY-Westchester Motor Bus $0.395 232.8%
Omaha-TA Motor Bus $0.653 450.7%
Orlando-LYNX Motor Bus $0.397 235.1%
Philadelphia-Penn DOT Commuter Rail $0.379 219.8%
Philadelphia-SEPTA Commuter Rail $0.420 254.0%
Philadelphia-SEPTA Motor Bus $0.746 528.6%
Philadelphia-SEPTA Trolley Bus $0.737 521.2%
Philadelphia-SEPTA Light Rail $0.494 316.6%
Philadelphia-SEPTA Heavy Rail $0.334 181.5%
Phoenix PTD Motor Bus $0.418 252.7%
Pittsburgh-PAT Light Rail $0.657 453.8%
Pittsburgh-PAT Motor Bus $0.619 422.2%
Portland-Tri-Met Motor Bus $0.509 328.8%
Portland-Tri-Met Light Rail $0.385 224.2%
Providence-RIPTA Motor Bus $0.494 316.3%
Richmond-GRTC Motor Bus $0.544 358.2%
Rochester-RTS Motor Bus $0.710 498.7%
Sacramento-RT Motor Bus $0.579 388.2%
Sacramento-RT Light Rail $0.380 220.0%
Salt Lake City-UTA Motor Bus $0.517 336.1%
San Antonio-VIA Motor Bus $0.410 245.8%
San Bernardino-OMNITRANS Motor Bus $0.430 262.8%
San Diego-NCTD Motor Bus $0.391 229.6%
San Diego-NCTD Commuter Rail $0.664 459.8%
San Diego-SANDAG Motor Bus $0.392 230.6%
San Diego Transit Motor Bus $0.357 201.2%
San Francisco-Muni Light Rail $0.515 333.8%
San Francisco-Muni Trolley Bus $0.649 446.9%
San Francisco-Muni Motor Bus $0.628 429.1%
San Jose-SCCTD Light Rail $0.884 645.6%
San Jose-SCCTD Motor Bus $0.791 566.5%
Seattle-Metro Motor Bus $0.454 282.4%
Seattle-Metro Trolley Bus $0.915 671.2%
Seattle-Metro Light Rail $2.389 1914.3%
Seattle-Snohomish-Commun. Motor Bus $0.406 242.0%
SF-CalTrain Commuter Rail $0.315 165.5%
SF-Golden Gate Motor Bus $0.326 175.1%
SF-Oakland-AC Transit Motor Bus $0.577 386.2%
SF-SamTrans Motor Bus $0.488 311.2%
Spokane-STA Motor Bus $0.717 504.8%
Springfield-PVTA Motor Bus $0.472 298.1%
St. Louis-Bi-State Motor Bus $0.639 438.5%
St. Louis-Bi-State Light Rail $0.198 66.6%
St. Petersburg-PSTA Motor Bus $0.654 451.7%
Syracuse-RTA-Centro Motor Bus $0.756 537.0%
Tacoma-Pierce Transit Motor Bus $0.511 330.4%
Tampa-Hartline Motor Bus $0.626 428.0%
Toledo-TARTA Motor Bus $0.796 570.7%
Tucson-Sun Tran Motor Bus $0.374 215.5%
VA-VRE Commuter Rail $0.204 71.8%
Washington-Maryland-Ride-On Motor Bus $0.630 430.7%
Washington-WMATA Motor Bus $0.703 492.5%
Washington-WMATA Heavy Rail $0.348 193.6%
West Palm Beach-CoTran Motor Bus $1.096 824.2%
Source: Calculated from National Transit Database

Dallas Light Rail operated only part of the year



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