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May 17, 2008
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APTA > Industry Information > Transit Statistics > Bus and Trolleybus Statistics  

New Bus and Trolleybus Market by Accessibility

New Bus and Trolleybus Market by Accessibility, 2005-2010

 

BUILT IN 2005

ON ORDER JANUARY 2006

POTENTIAL ORDERS (a)

NUMBER

PER CENT

NUMBER

PER CENT

NUMBER

PER CENT

Total 2,995 100.0% 2,358 100.0% 6,952 100.0%
Via on-board lift 480 16.0% 288 12.2% 1,334 19.2%
Via on-board ramp 2,512 83.9% 2,070 87.8% 5,593 80.5%
Non-accessible 3 0.1% 0 0.0% 25 0.4%

Source: APTA survey. Bus data are about 70% and trolleybus data 100% of national totals.
(a) DATA ARE TENTATIVE; SOME POTENTIAL ORDERS MAY NOT OCCUR.

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