List_of_United_States_local_bus_agencies_by_ridership
The following is a list of local bus agencies in the United States, ranked by ridership. All figures are unlinked passenger trips for the stated time period and come from the American Public Transportation Association's Quarterly "Public Transportation Ridership Reports".[1]
These figures are from the largest bus agencies ridership table in the American Public Transportation Association's Quarterly "Public Transportation Ridership Reports".[1] APTA categorizes large bus agencies as those which operate in urbanized areas of more than one million inhabitants and operate 300 or more peak hour buses.
| Rank by 2019 Annual Ridership | Agency | Primary City | 2019 Annual Ridership[2] | Average Weekday Ridership (Q4 2019)[1] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MTA | New York City | 732,636,800 | 2,259,100 | |
| 2 | LACMTA | Los Angeles | 278,109,900 | 865,600 | |
| 3 | CTA | Chicago | 237,276,500 | 760,200 | |
| 4 | Muni | San Francisco | 159,331,200 | 502,000 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| 5 | New Jersey Transit | Newark | 150,997,300 | Not Available | |
| 6 | SEPTA | Philadelphia | 142,043,800 | 508,400 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| 7 | King County Metro | Seattle | 121,300,300 | 399,600 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| 8 | MBTA | Boston | 116,372,700 | 391,000 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| 9 | WMATA | Washington, D.C. | 105,469,800 | 340,100 | |
| 10 | RTD | Denver | 69,870,300 | 265,200 | |
| 11 | MTA Maryland | Baltimore | 67,925,700 | 270,600 | |
| 12 | METRO | Houston | 67,353,100 | 224,000 | |
| 13 | RTC Transit | Las Vegas | 65,266,100 | 200,200 | |
| 14 | TriMet | Portland | 57,373,500 | 186,000 | |
| 15 | Port Authority | Pittsburgh | 54,832,800 | Not Available | |
| 16 | AC Transit | Oakland | 53,883,900 | 215,500 | |
| 17 | Metro Transit | Minneapolis | 51,860,100 | 171,600 | |
| 18 | MARTA | Atlanta | 50,018,300 | Not Available | |
| 19 | Miami-Dade Transit | Miami | 49,909,700 | 163,500 | |
| 20 | MTS | San Diego | 48,032,200 | 163,000 | |
| 21 | DART | Dallas | 38,598,500 | 124,200 | |
| 22 | OCTA | Orange County | 37,292,500 | 119,800 | |
| 23 | VIA | San Antonio | 35,350,100 | 80,900 | |
| 24 | Valley Metro | Phoenix | 33,222,500 | 108,300 | |
| 25 | VTA | San Jose | 27,367,400 | 92,000 | |
| 26 | MCTS | Milwaukee | 26,447,300 | 86,100 | |
| 27 | PACE | Arlington Heights (suburban Chicago) | 26,186,000 | 112,200 | |
| 28 | GCRTA | Cleveland | 24,757,400 | 82,100 | |
| 29 | LBT | Long Beach | 23,132,800 | 75,800 | |
| 30 | DDOT | Detroit | 22,680,000 | Not Available | |
| 31 | LYNX | Orlando | 22,536,600 | 68,700 | |
| 32 | Metro Transit | St. Louis | 22,492,700 | 70,200 | |
| 33 | Ride On | Montgomery County, Maryland
(suburban D.C.) |
20,717,700 | 68,500 | |
| 34 | COTA | Columbus, OH | 19,145,100 | 61,500 | |
| 35 | SORTA | Cincinnati | 13,245,100 | 46,300 | |
| 36 | Big Blue Bus | Santa Monica | 12,823,300 | 43,500 | |
| 37 | Hampton Roads Transit | Norfolk | 10,660,600 | 33,200 | |
The APTA largest bus agencies table excludes many large bus agencies in the United States. Below is a list of other bus agencies with more than 10 million unlinked passenger trips from the APTA Quarterly Report that are not found in the largest agencies table.
- List of bus transit systems in the United States
- List of rapid transit systems
- List of light-rail transit systems
- List of United States light rail systems by ridership
- List of United States rapid transit systems by ridership
- List of suburban and commuter rail systems
- List of United States commuter rail systems by ridership
- "Public Transportation Ridership Report: Fourth Quarter 2019" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- "Public Transportation Ridership Report: Fourth Quarter 2019" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.