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State of the System

Ridership on Bay Area Transit Systems by Operator,
Fiscal Years 2003-04 — 2007-08

air passenger stats 04-08

(See table below for detail.)

  Thousands of Annual Boardings Percent Change
Operator 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2006-07–
2007-08		 2003-04–
2007-08
Muni 217,049 218,205 212,067 207,677 221,213 +7% +2%
BART 98,026 99,516 103,857 109,423 115,433 +5% +18%
AC Transit 64,906 65,076 66,963 67,415 65,856 -2% +1%
Valley Transportation Authority 39,776 38,486 40,935 43,434 44,895 +3% +13%
SamTrans 15,064 14,510 15,017 15,210 15,531 +2% +3%
Caltrain 8,015 9,185 10,135 11,608 12,341 +6% +54%
Golden Gate Transit 9,789 9,466 9,465 9,402 9,509 +1% -3%
Other Operators 22,391 22,438 23,398 23,884 24,522 +3% +10%
Total 475,016 476,882 481,837 488,053 509,300 +4% +7%
Source: Metropolitan Transportation Commission; Bay Area transit operators

Top 10 Bus Routes by Average Weekday Boardings,
FY 2007-08

Rank Route Average Weekday Boardings
1 SF Muni: 38 Geary 52,800
2 SF Muni: 9 San Bruno 48,000
3 SF Muni: 14 Mission 42,200
4 SF Muni: 30 Stockton 32,900
5 SF Muni: 49 Van Ness-Mission 29,800
6 SF Muni: 1 California 27,900
7 AC Transit: 1/1R Telegraph/International/E/ 14th 21,600
8 AC Transit: 51 Broadway 18,700
9 SF Muni: 22 Filmore 18,400
10 VTA: 22 Eastridge - Palo Alto - Menlo Park 16,700
Sources: AC Transit, SF Muni, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)
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Note on Data Collection Techniques:
Transit Ridership

This report uses transit boardings as a measure of ridership. A boarding refers to each time a passenger enters a transit vehicle or train station. One person may board multiple vehicles to complete a trip. Methods used to collect this ridership data include tracking transit fare receipts and hiring people to count passenger boardings. Transit operators report ridership for each fiscal year to the Federal Transit Administration for inclusion in the National Transit Database. National Transit Database publications and data can be found at: www.ntdprogram.gov/ntdprogram/

MTC summarizes transit ridership and other operating statistics for Bay Area operators in its annual report, Statistical Summary of Bay Area Transit Operators, which covers a rolling five-year period and may be viewed at: www.mtc.ca.gov/library/statsum/statsum.htm

For more information, please contact:

Lisa Klein
Email: lklein@mtc.ca.gov
Phone: 510.817.5832