US Light Rail Rankings 1996

Passenger Miles per Vehicle Mile: 1996
Rank
Transit Agency
Passenger Miles per Vehicle Mile
Variance
1 LA-LACMTA-Metro 35.6 0.0%
2 St. Louis-Bi-State 31.2 -12.5%
3 Portland-Tri-Met 31.0 -13.1%
4 Philadelphia-SEPTA 27.5 -22.9%
5 San Francisco-Muni 26.7 -25.2%
6 San Diego- The Trolley 26.4 -25.9%
7 Boston-MBTA 25.6 -28.3%
8 Cleveland-RTA 24.7 -30.7%
9 Pittsburgh-PAT 23.1 -35.2%
10 Sacramento-RT 20.2 -43.3%
11 Denver-RTD 20.0 -43.8%
12 New Jersey Transit 19.5 -45.3%
13 Baltimore-Maryland-MTA 18.2 -49.0%
14 Buffalo-NFTA 17.7 -50.4%
15 New Orleans-RTA 17.6 -50.6%
16 San Jose-SCCTD 15.0 -58.0%
17 Seattle-Metro 12.7 -64.5%
18 Dallas-DART 7.4 -79.2%
19 Memphis-MATA 3.6 -89.9%
Source: Calculated from National Transit Database

Cost per Vehicle Hour: 1996

Rank
Transit Agency Cost per Vehicle Hour Variance
1 Memphis-MATA $57.34 0.0%
2 New Orleans-RTA $58.72 2.4%
3 San Diego- The Trolley $94.03 64.0%
4 Seattle-Metro $112.43 96.1%
5 Denver-RTD $113.82 98.5%
6 Philadelphia-SEPTA $125.10 118.2%
7 St. Louis-Bi-State $127.93 123.1%
8 New Jersey Transit $134.11 133.9%
9 Sacramento-RT $141.50 146.8%
10 San Francisco-Muni $143.50 150.3%
11 Baltimore-Maryland-MTA $159.32 177.8%
12 Portland-Tri-Met $175.60 206.2%
13 Buffalo-NFTA $185.14 222.9%
14 Cleveland-RTA $190.16 231.6%
15 Boston-MBTA $210.11 266.4%
16 San Jose-SCCTD $210.89 267.8%
17 Pittsburgh-PAT $238.09 315.2%
18 LA-LACMTA-Metro $325.09 466.9%
19 Dallas $417.38 627.9%
Source: Calculated from National Transit Database

Cost per Passenger Mile: 1996
Rank
Transit Agency
Cost per Passenger Mile
Variance
1 San Diego- The Trolley $0.187 0.0%
2 St. Louis-Bi-State $0.198 5.8%
3 Sacramento-RT $0.380 103.1%
4 Portland-Tri-Met $0.385 105.8%
5 New Orleans-RTA $0.408 118.4%
6 LA-LACMTA-Metro $0.419 124.0%
7 New Jersey Transit $0.437 134.0%
8 Cleveland-RTA $0.467 150.1%
9 Philadelphia-SEPTA $0.494 164.4%
10 Baltimore-Maryland-MTA $0.500 167.5%
11 San Francisco-Muni $0.515 175.4%
12 Boston-MBTA $0.536 186.7%
13 Denver-RTD $0.558 198.6%
14 Pittsburgh-PAT $0.657 251.5%
15 San Jose-SCCTD $0.884 373.3%
16 Buffalo-NFTA $0.890 376.3%
17 Seattle-Metro $2.389 1178.6%
18 Memphis-MATA $2.394 1180.9%
19 Dallas-DART $5.582 2886.7%
  Average $0.962  



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