 Each year more people discover riding with the RTC is the right choice. Transit is efficient and easy. It costs a traveler making an 11-mile one-way commute in an automobile $7.44. In 2006, the cost for the RTC to deliver the same trip via transit is about $2. Since 2002, the growth in ridership with the RTC has increased by more than 40 percent. Even with that growth, on average, the RTC operates at approximately one and a half times above the national average of passengers per service hour.
| General Information – System Wide |
|
| Area served (square miles) |
266 |
| Population served |
1.9 million |
| Revenue miles traveled daily |
49,000 |
| Total fixed route & specialized coaches |
621 |
| Active bus stops |
3,706 |
| Stops with passenger shelters |
1,378 |
| Transit centers |
2 |
| Operations & maintenance facilities |
2 |
| Park and ride lots |
1 |
Contracted service cost for
fiscal year 2007 – 2008 |
|
| Fixed route |
$88 million |
| Specialized services |
$26 million |
| Fixed route farebox revenue for fiscal year 2007 – 2008 |
$47.5 million |
| Fixed route farebox recovery ratio |
42 percent |
Fixed Route Transit Service |
|
| Ridership (in 2006) |
61,003,741 |
| Average fare per passenger (in 2006) |
$.73 |
| Passengers per service hour (in 2006) |
43.97 |
Specialized Services |
|
| ADA-certified patrons |
10,209 |
| Coaches |
271 |
| Ridership (in 2006) |
851,420 |
| Average fare per passenger (in 2006) |
$1.75 |
| |
|
| Fixed Route Fleet |
Summer
2008 |
Summer
2009 |
| Diesel coaches |
165 |
99 |
| Double deck diesel coaches |
130 |
130 |
| Hybrid-electric coaches |
60 |
60 |
| Rapid transit hybrid-electric coaches |
10 |
50 |
| Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) coaches |
7 |
52 |
Total |
372 |
391 |
| RTC Transit: 2002 vs. 2007 |
Category |
2002 |
2006 |
Increase
2002 vs. 2006 |
2007
|
Increase
2002 vs. 2007 |
| Annual ridership |
45,340,031 |
61,003,741 |
34.55% |
63,816,261 |
40.8% |
| Service hours |
1,193,629 |
1,509,465 |
26.46% |
1,454,950 |
21.9% |
Passengers per
Service Hour |
37.99 |
40.41 |
6.39% |
43.86 |
15.5% |
| Fleet Size |
300 |
336 |
12% |
364 |
21.3% |
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