MATA: BUS RAPID TRANSIT – Fixed Route Ridership Change (2011-23)

Using the National Transit Database, results from a survey of overall fixed route bus ridership, of all cities that opened bus rapid transit (BRT) services, after 2011 and before 2020 are shown below. The survey resulted in 16 cities.

On average, fixed route ridership declined by 6.4% from 2011 to 2019. After 2020 and COVID, ridership further declined across the survey group.

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BRT Cities Fixed Route Percentage Change (2011-23)

BRT Cities Fixed Route Ridership (2011-23)

wdt_ID	UZA	BRT YR	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
1	Albuquerque	2019	12,373,445	13,003,221	12,959,144	12,883,658	11,795,088	10,901,920	9,684,678	9,571,883	9,010,941	5,077,727	4,396,480	5,981,256	6,726,489
2	Boston	2013	225,802,494	232,817,846	227,260,938	244,053,754	244,421,961	229,094,092	222,263,602	215,823,054	213,403,298	112,866,230	123,459,467	158,784,083	171,274,708
3	Cleveland	2013	37,198,763	38,487,169	39,180,481	39,511,360	37,271,970	34,717,520	31,000,190	26,642,797	24,416,222	13,308,794	12,596,516	15,095,853	17,677,521
4	Eugene	2012	22,790,954	20,373,798	19,926,654	19,264,962	17,747,042	17,673,868	17,395,389	16,739,284	15,977,250	8,084,044	6,683,437	8,658,866	9,668,147
5	Fort Collins	2014	4,313,622	4,543,400	4,592,704	4,649,817	5,532,124	6,758,372	7,209,518	7,345,946	7,484,178	2,950,375	2,438,957	3,086,252	3,652,791
6	Grand Rapids	2014	10,516,177	11,789,174	12,071,810	12,047,819	11,322,818	10,876,507	10,358,430	10,114,558	9,990,391	4,662,243	4,354,289	5,428,054	5,975,227
7	Hartford	2015	14,266,845	14,655,500	14,595,887	14,719,861	15,382,796	15,818,064	15,734,598	16,024,755	15,868,859	10,696,919	9,817,442	12,797,438	13,943,818
8	Indianapolis	2019	18,506,602	19,953,574	20,506,426	20,581,102	19,333,210	18,386,586	17,509,534	17,631,978	17,766,703	10,467,788	9,202,662	10,225,978	12,014,697
9	Kansas City	2013	15,414,140	15,988,034	15,707,807	15,851,447	14,966,807	13,765,504	13,129,186	12,525,585	11,977,489	9,458,651	9,138,447	10,204,712	11,785,443
10	Las Vegas	2012	57,776,926	60,397,551	59,508,657	63,053,060	66,962,609	63,810,402	63,287,295	64,861,790	65,528,910	37,775,726	37,690,289	45,071,172	51,242,406
11	Los Angeles	2012	719,171,642	715,621,563	717,508,957	695,848,993	659,803,260	600,745,246	562,042,930	544,546,606	547,904,294	320,478,586	355,929,721	391,437,690	441,529,105
12	New York	2012	800,093,787	791,846,051	790,823,667	782,535,933	763,853,747	772,503,084	722,929,372	722,257,248	722,312,309	420,808,570	408,815,319	475,249,058	602,409,410
13	Orlando	2014	54,877,252	56,083,280	57,069,159	56,887,620	54,475,151	50,594,534	48,783,373	46,852,779	46,285,217	28,158,793	27,543,791	32,422,450	35,138,325
14	Richmond	2018	17,704,818	17,534,864	16,580,176	16,955,226	16,901,254	16,700,744	15,185,196	14,633,082	15,953,870	13,675,405	14,279,591	15,538,149	17,850,157
15	San Antonio	2012	44,744,989	46,032,779	43,822,104	41,617,458	37,983,886	37,072,704	36,221,002	37,284,986	42,365,472	26,709,280	23,214,222	24,314,612	27,275,239
16	San Francisco	2020	110,886,950	112,632,070	109,291,642	108,631,472	104,998,846	101,297,968	100,125,124	99,872,122	102,077,840	53,752,622	44,985,664	59,339,475	69,296,655