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May 18, 2008
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APTA > Industry Information > Transit Statistics > Public Transportation Ridership Statistics  

Unlinked Passenger Trips by Mode

Unlinked Passenger Trips by Mode, Millions (a)

 

FISCAL YEAR

 

BUS

 

COMMUTER RAIL

 

PARA-TRANSIT

 

HEAVY RAIL

 

LIGHT RAIL

 

TROLLEY BUS

 

OTHER

 

TOTAL

1890 --- --- --- --- 2,023 --- --- 2,023
1902 --- --- --- --- 4,744 --- --- 4,744
1907 --- --- --- 675 8,868 --- --- 9,543
1912 --- --- --- 1,041 11,109 --- --- 12,150
1917 --- --- --- 1,332 13,193 --- --- 14,525
1918 --- --- --- 1,385 12,876 --- --- 14,261
1919 --- --- --- 1,505 13,430 --- --- 14,935
1920 --- --- --- 1,792 13,770 --- --- 15,562
1921 --- --- --- 1,909 12,688 --- --- 14,597
1922 404 --- --- 1,942 13,413 --- --- 15,759
1923 661 --- --- 2,081 13,593 --- --- 16,335
1924 989 --- --- 2,207 13,130 --- --- 16,326
1925 1,484 --- --- 2,264 12,924 --- --- 16,672
1926 2,009 --- --- 2,350 12,895 --- --- 17,254
1927 2,301 --- --- 2,451 12,469 --- --- 17,221
1928 2,470 --- --- 2,492 12,044 3 --- 17,009
1929 2,623 --- --- 2,571 11,804 5 --- 17,003
1930 2,481 --- --- 2,559 10,530 16 --- 15,586
1931 2,315 --- --- 2,408 9,191 28 --- 13,942
1932 2,138 --- --- 2,204 7,662 37 --- 12,041
1933 2,077 --- --- 2,133 7,086 45 --- 11,341
1934 2,376 --- --- 2,206 7,404 68 --- 12,054
1935 2,625 --- --- 2,236 7,286 96 --- 12,243
1936 3,188 --- --- 2,323 7,512 143 --- 13,166
1937 3,500 --- --- 2,307 7,174 289 --- 13,270
1938 3,488 --- --- 2,236 6,552 395 --- 12,671
1939 3,866 --- --- 2,368 6,178 452 --- 12,864
1940 4,255 --- --- 2,382 5,951 542 --- 13,130
1941 4,948 --- --- 2,421 6,085 669 --- 14,123
1942 7,264 --- --- 2,566 7,290 918 --- 18,038
1943 9,070 --- --- 2,656 9,150 1,220 --- 22,096
1944 9,713 --- --- 2,621 9,516 1,292 --- 23,142
1945 9,946 --- --- 2,698 9,426 1,298 --- 23,368
1946 10,247 --- --- 2,835 9,027 1,354 --- 23,463
1947 10,374 --- --- 2,756 8,096 1,398 --- 22,624
1948 10,759 --- --- 2,606 6,506 1,558 --- 21,429
1949 10,193 --- --- 2,346 4,839 1,691 --- 19,069
1950 9,447 --- --- 2,264 3,904 1,686 --- 17,301
1951 9,227 --- --- 2,189 3,101 1,658 --- 16,175
1952 8,901 --- --- 2,124 2,477 1,666 --- 15,168
1953 8,280 --- --- 2,040 2,036 1,587 --- 13,943
1954 7,643 --- --- 1,912 1,489 1,387 --- 12,431
1955 7,269 --- --- 1,870 1,207 1,223 --- 11,569
1956 7,062 --- --- 1,880 876 1,163 --- 10,981
1957 6,903 --- --- 1,843 679 1,003 --- 10,428
1958 6,540 --- --- 1,815 572 843 --- 9,770
1959 6,498 --- --- 1,828 521 749 --- 9,596
1960 6,425 --- --- 1,850 463 657 --- 9,395
1961 5,993 --- --- 1,855 434 601 --- 8,883
1962 5,865 --- --- 1,890 393 547 --- 8,695
1963 5,822 --- --- 1,836 329 413 --- 8,400
1964 5,813 --- --- 1,877 289 349 --- 8,328
1965 5,814 --- --- 1,858 276 305 --- 8,253
1966 5,764 --- --- 1,753 282 284 --- 8,083
1967 5,723 --- --- 1,938 263 248 --- 8,172
1968 5,610 --- --- 1,928 253 228 --- 8,019
1969 5,375 --- --- 1,980 249 199 --- 7,803
1970 5,034 --- --- 1,881 235 182 --- 7,332
1971 4,699 --- --- 1,778 222 148 --- 6,847
1972 4,495 --- --- 1,731 211 130 --- 6,567
1973 4,642 --- --- 1,714 207 97 --- 6,660
1974 4,976 --- --- 1,726 150 83 --- 6,935
1975 5,084 --- --- 1,673 124 78 --- 6,972
1976 5,247 --- --- 1,632 112 75 --- 7,081
1977 4,949 --- --- 2,149 103 70 --- 7,286
1978 5,142 --- --- 2,285 104 70 --- 7,616
1979 5,552 --- --- 2,381 107 75 --- 8,130
1980 5,837 280 --- 2,108 133 142 67 8,567
1981 5,594 268 --- 2,094 123 138 67 8,284
1982 5,324 259 --- 2,115 136 151 67 8,052
1983 5,422 262 --- 2,167 137 160 55 8,203
1984 5,908 267 62 2,231 135 165 61 8,829
1985 5,675 275 59 2,290 132 142 63 8,636
1986 5,753 306 63 2,333 130 139 53 8,777
1987 5,614 311 64 2,402 133 141 70 8,735
1988 5,590 325 73 2,308 154 136 80 8,666
1989 5,620 330 70 2,542 162 130 77 8,931
1990 5,677 328 68 2,346 175 126 79 8,799
1991 5,624 318 71 2,172 184 125 81 8,575
1992 5,517 314 72 2,207 188 126 77 8,501
1993 5,381 322 81 2,046 188 121 78 8,217
1994 4,871 339 88 2,169 284 118 80 7,949
1995 4,848 344 88 2,033 251 119 80 7,763
1996 4,887 352 93 2,157 261 117 81 7,948
1997 5,013 357 99 2,430 262 121 92 8,374
1998 5,399 381 95 2,393 276 117 89 8,750
1999 5,648 396 100 2,521 292 120 91 9,168
2000 5,678 413 105 2,632 320 122 93 9,363
2001 5,849 419 105 2,728 336 119 97 9,653
2002 5,868 414 103 2,688 337 116 97 9,623
2003 5,692 410 111 2,667 338 109 109 9,434
2004 5,731 414 114 2,748 350 106 112 9,575
2005 P 5,855 423 125 2,808 381 107 117 9,815
2005 % of Total 59.7% 4.3% 1.3% 28.6% 3.9% 1.1% 1.2% 100.0%

P = Preliminary

(a) Beginning 1977, data are for unlinked passenger trips, which are not comparable to prior years.

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