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Three out of four agencies responding to the annual survey reported that their ridership numbers were down due to the economy and some were additionally impacted by raising their fares. The average transit executive salary totals $157,000, while the average time spent in the industry tops 25 years.
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RTD's larger numbers come in vain, however, for some rail lines of the system that lost out on federal funding.
Read More →The down economy has caused a large spike in student enrollment, boosting ridership numbers. Without federal or state funds to purchase additional buses, the system has had to find other ways to accommodate more riders.
Read More →Unexpectedly high student ridership numbers have boosted the cost of covering free rides for students on Riverside Transit. UC Riverside will now pay up to $204,000 annually for the service.
Read More →Opening of a south extension to the system in 2009 has given ridership numbers a huge boost.
Read More →Newly released numbers from Trans-Link show that commuters who rode transit during the 2010 Winter Olympics have stuck with it.
Read More →Ridership had grown in correlation to increasing gas prices; however, it did notice a sharper drop in ridership on Minneapolis express routes than St. Paul express routes.
Read More →Numbers expected to continue growing past record numbers.
Read More →In all, MNR provided 84,220,427 trips last year with 83,554,482 rides taken aboard its trains, representing a 3.9 percent increase compared to 2007, and includes ridership on the railroad's ferries and buses, which reached 665,945 in 2008, a one-year increase of 9 percent.
Read More →Growth had not been predicted, due to service cuts and a 25-cent fare increase implemented last year.
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