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National Transit Statistics

The below charts combine all ridership across all modes of transit across all transit systems in the National Transit Database.



National Ridership - All Modes of Transit







Monthly Year-over-Year Riderhsip Change (%)








Biggest Year-over-Year Monthly Gainers - Bus (April 2021)

Agency City, State Percentage Change
Saginaw Transit Authority Regional Service (STARS)Saginaw, MI3491.47%
Chapel Hill Transit (CHT)Chapel Hill, NC1770.91%
Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority (WHMVNSSA)Woods Hole, MA685.94%
Dutchess County Division of Mass Transportation (Loop Bus)Poughkeepsie, NY518.79%
Ulster County Area Transit (UCAT)Kingston, NY473.75%
Centre Area Transportation Authority (CATA)State College, PA459.38%
Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council (Cascades East Transit)Bend, OR459.13%
Kalamazoo Metro Transit System (Metro Transit)Kalamazoo, MI449.67%
Blacksburg Transit (BT)Blacksburg, VA423.44%
Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT)Ithaca, NY411.87%
Cedar Rapids Transit (CRT)Cedar Rapids, IA335.40%
Cooperative Alliance for Seacoast Transportation (COAST)Dover, NH252.19%
Mass Transportation Authority (MTA)Flint, MI247.97%
University of Michigan Parking and Transportation Services (UMTS)Ann Arbor, MI236.83%
Unitrans - City of Davis/ASUCD (Unitrans)Davis, CA227.00%
Butler County Regional Transit Authority (BCRTA)Hamilton, OH208.30%
Salem Area Mass Transit District (Cherriots)Salem, OR202.82%
Ames Transit Agency dba CyRideAmes, IA195.05%
TransfortFort Collins, CO188.42%
Ms Coast Transportation Authority (CTA)Gulfport, MS187.13%



Biggest Year-over-Year Monthly Losers - Bus (April2021)

Agency City, State Percentage Change
Athens Transit System (ATS)Athens, GA-37.47%
City of Albuquerque Transit Department (ABQ Ride)Albuquerque, NM-20.69%
Beaver County Transit Authority (BCTA)Rochester, PA-19.27%
Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission (VICTORIA TRANSIT)Victoria, TX-18.68%
Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority (MTTA)Tulsa, OK-17.74%
Topeka Metropolitan Transit Authority (TMTA)Topeka, KS-16.61%
Belle Urban System - Racine (The Bus)Racine, WI-13.60%
Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority (The B)Corpus Christi, TX-12.64%
The Wave Transit System (WTS)Mobile, AL-12.22%
STAR Transit (STAR)Terrell, TX-11.76%
Regional Transit Service, Inc. and Lift Line, Inc. (RGRTA)Rochester, NY-11.22%
Omnitrans (OMNI)San Bernardino, CA-10.75%
Ohio Valley Regional Transportation Authority (OVRTA / EORTA)Wheeling, WV-9.05%
Central Arkansas Transit Authority (CATA)North Little Rock, AR-8.55%
City of Glendale TransitGlendale, AZ-8.46%
Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority (MAX)Birmingham, AL-7.23%
VIA Metropolitan Transit (VIA)San Antonio, TX-7.10%
Rio Metro Regional Transit District (RMRTD)Albuquerque, NM-5.81%
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFT Metro)Buffalo, NY-4.87%
Riverside Transit Agency (RTA)Riverside, CA-4.68%
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