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2010 National Transit Database Highlights : Table of ContentsNTD Reporters by Organization

Urban and Rural NTD Reporters by Organization Type (January 2010 – December 2010) 2

Urbanized Areas not Served by Public Transit (January 2010 – December 2010) 3

Ridership

Transit Ridership Versus Employment (January 2003 – April 2012) 4

Safety

Annual Transit Fatality Data (January 2000 – December 2010) 5

Funding Sources

Public Funding for Transit by Government Jurisdiction (January 2000 – December 2010) 6

Capital and Operating Funding for Transit by Funding Source (January 2008 to December 2010) 7

Uses of Federal Funds by UZAs Over 200k in Population (January 2010 – December 2010) 8

Uses of Federal Funds by UZAs Under 200k in Population (January 2010 – December 2010) 9

Transit Asset Data

Transit Active Fleet by Vehicle Type (January 2010 – December 2010) 10

Change in Fixed Route Bus Service Fuel Types (January 2002 – December 2010) 11

Transit Operating Cost and Fares

Operating Cost per Vehicle Hour by Mode (January 2010 – December 2010) 12

Change in Transit Agency Fringe Benefits Expenses (January 2000 – December 2010) 13

Transit Agencies Operating Costs per Revenue Hour versus Farebox Recovery Ratio (January 2010 – December 2010) 14

Average Fare and Costs per Trip for Top 50 Fixed-Route Bus Services (January 2010 – December 2010) 15

NTD Transit Agency Profile Summary

Summary of Profiles for Top 50 Reporting Agencies (2010 Report Year) 16

WMATA Transit Agency Profile (Fiscal Year 2010) 17

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Urban NTD Reporters(729 Total)

Transit Agency, 248,

34%

Subsidiaries Reporting

Separately, 14 2%

City or County, 351, 48%

Consolidated Reports

(81 Total), 51%

State DOT or MPO, 39, 5%

University, 10 1%

Non-Profit, 22 3%

Private For-Profit, 28 4%

Other, 122%

Source: Urban and Rural National Transit Databases Report Year 2010.

Transit Agency, 130, 8%Tribal Subrecipients, 77, 5%

City or County, 72246%

Urban Recipients107, 7%

State DOT or

MPO, 302%

Uni-ver-

sity, 50.5%

Non-Profit,

42227%

Pri-vate For-

Profit, 624%

Rural Trans-fers, 20, 1%

Other, 5

0.5%

Rural NTD Reporters (1580 Total)

Who Reports to the NTD?: Twice as Many Rural than UrbanMajority of Organizations are City or County Govts.

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Urbanized Areas Without Any Reported Transit ServiceUZA Rank UZA Name Population (2000) Notes

282 Warner Robins, GA 90,838 Home of Robins Air Force Base316 Mauldin--Simpsonville, SC 77,831 Greenlink (Greenville, SC) is proposing service expansion to this area362 Radcliff--Elizabethtown, KY 64,504 Start-up system, received reporting waiver in 2010371 Prescott, AZ 61,909 Located in northern Arizona398 Dalton, GA 57,666 Located in northwest Georgia399 Valdosta, GA 57,647 Located in south Georgia438 Brunswick, GA 51,653 Located in coastal Georgia448 Hinesville, GA 50,360 Start-up system, home of Ft Stewart451 Middletown, NY 50,071 Metro-North railroad station just outside UZA boundaries

Urbanized Areas Without Fixed-Route Bus Systems218 North Port--Punta Gorda, FL 122,421 Across bay from Cape Coral, FL (north of Naples)249 South Lyon--Howell--Brighton, MI 106,139 Located in "doughnut hole" between Lansing, Ann Arbor, Detroit, & Flint308 Slidell, LA 79,926 Across Lake Ponchatrain from New Orleans332 Joplin, MO 72,089 Located in southwest Missouri

335 Florence, AL 71,299 Located in northern Alabama337 Anderson, SC 70,436 Located in western corner of South Carolina339 Newark, OH 70,001 Exurban community of Columbus, OH377 Dothan, AL 60,792 Located in southeast Alabama381 Auburn, AL 60,137 Auburn University "Tiger Transit" is not open to the public409 DeKalb, IL 55,805 Located west of Chicago416 Morristown, TN 54,368 Located northeast of Knoxville433 Decatur, AL 52,315 Exurban community of Huntsville, AL446 Sandusky, OH 50,693 Located on north coast of Ohio NA Ponce, PR 195,037 Served by públicos NA Guayama, PR 77,755 Served by públicos NA Juana Diaz, PR 54,835 Served by públicos

9 Out of 466 UZAs Have No Reported Transit Service, 16 More Have No Fixed-Route Bus Service

4This exhibit contains data from July 2006 to April 2012. Weighted monthly NTD ridership data is available from 2002 onward. The gas price overlay is a 12 month average gas price and therefore ridership, employment, and gas data are all 12 month averages. The graph uses 12 month weighted averages, thereby giving a more accurate representation of the monthly NTD data. However, the ridership and employment data have been indexed for a clear comparison

Source: National Transit Database, U.S. Energy Information Administration's Gas Pump Data History, and Bureau of Labor Statistics' Employment Data.

Transit Ridership is Recovering From Lower Employment and a Crash in Gas Prices

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Higher Ridership Has Reduced the Fatality Rate per 100 Million PMT Even as Total Fatalities Have Remained Relatively Constant

Source: National Transit Database Report Years 2000 to 2010 —Transit Safety and Security Statistics and Analysis Reporting.

Note: Exhibit includes data for CR, DR, HR, LR, and MB. Also, fatality totals include both directly operated (DO) and purchase transportation (PT) service types.

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The Federal Share of Total Transit Funding Has Remained Relatively Constant over 10 Years

Total Public Funding for Transit by Government Jurisdiction

2010 System Generated: $14.3

2010 State and Local $29.8

2010 Federal: $10.4

2010 Total Funding: $54.3

19%

2000 Federal Funding: $5.3

2000 State and Local Funding: $15.1

2000 System Generated: $10.0

2000 Total Funding: $30.4

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Federal Share, %

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Source: National Transit Database Report Years 2008, 2009, and 2010.

Operating Capital

System Generated Revenue

33%

Local32%

State 28%

Federal 7%

37%

29%

25%

8%

38%

28%

25%

7%

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29%

12%

39%

18%

14%

40%

6%

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4%

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System Generated Revenue

7%

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ARRA Raised Federal Funding for Capital Expenditures from 40% to 50%

50%

UZAs Over 200k in Population

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Capital Expenditures Operating Expenditures $-

$1,000,000,000

$2,000,000,000

$3,000,000,000

$4,000,000,000

$5,000,000,000

$6,000,000,000

$7,000,000,000

Source: National Transit Database Report Year 2010.

Other ARRA Funds

ARRA 5307 Funds

5309 Funds

5307 Funds 5307 Preventative Maintenance Funds

5307 Funds

5309 Funds

Other Federal

Other Federal

ARRA 5307 FundsOther ARRA

Even in Large UZAs, Nearly Half of 5307 Funds Are Used for Operating Expenses

Capital 52%

Operating 48%

FGM, New Starts, Bus Discretionary

JARC, New Freedom, Homeland Security, etc.

$6.4B

$3.2B

Usage of 5307 Funds

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UZAs Under 200k in Population

Capital Expenditures Operating Expenditures $-

$50,000,000

$100,000,000

$150,000,000

$200,000,000

$250,000,000

$300,000,000

$350,000,000

$400,000,000

Source: National Transit Database Report Year 2010.

Other ARRA Funds

ARRA 5307 Funds

5309 Funds

5307 Funds

Other Federal

5307 Funds

5307 Preventative Maintenance Funds

Other Federal

ARRA 5307 FundsOther ARRA

Federal Funding In Small UZAs Is Almost Evenly Split Between Operating and Capital

$349.8M $343.9M

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58% of the Transit Fleet is in UZAs Over 1 Million

Source: National Transit Database Report Year 2010.

Notes:*Source for "Special Service Vehicles" is the FTA, Fiscal Year Trends Report on the Use of Section 5310 Elderly and Persons with Disabilities Program Funds, 2002.* *"Other Regular Vehicles" includes automated guideway vehicles, automobiles, cable cars, ferryboats, inclinded plane vehicles, jitneys, públicos, taxicabs, and trolleybuses.

Commuter Rail Locomotives

Light Rail Vehicles

Self-Propelled Commuter Rail

Commuter Rail Passenger Cars

Other Regular Vehicles**

Heavy Rail Vehicles

Rural Service Regular Vehicles

Vans

Special Service Vehicles*

Buses

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27,613

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1,993

2,626

3,504

8,609

11,434

24,723

10,107

52,573

Active Vehicles

Vehicles in Areas with Population of 1 Million

or more 58%

Vehicles in Areas of Populations with Under 1

Million42%

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Data set includes all motorbus vehicles in fixed route service as reported in Urban NTD 2002 to 2010 report years.

* Other includes Bunker fuel, Electric battery, Ethanol, Grain additive, Kerosene, Liquefied natural gas (LNG), Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and fuel types reported as "other" in the NTD.** The diesel category contains bio-diesel and diesel fuel vehicles.

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In 2001, CNG vehicles accounted for 8.7% of all MB vehicles reported to the NTD

In 2010, CNG represented 14.4% of all MB vehicles reported to the NTD

Diesel Fuel**

CNG

Dual Fuel

Other*Gasoline

Hybrid

Fixed-Route Bus Emissions Have Become Cleaner Since 2002

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Operating Cost per Vehicle Revenue Hour by Mode

Source: National Transit Database Report Year 2010.

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Fixed-Route Bus Service Remains Cheaper Per Vehicle-Hour Than Rail Services

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$246

$393

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$54$32

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Change in Operating Expenses per Vehicle Revenue Hour, 2000 vs. 2010

Source: National Transit Database Report Years 2000 and 2010.

CommuterRail

Heavy Rail

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$163

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OtherTires & TubesFuel & LubeFringe BenefitsSalaries & Wages

$520

$388

$179$198

$227$251

$105$128

$56

$105

Commuter Rail Heavy Rail Light Rail Fixed-Route Bus Demand Response

$100 $150 $200 $250 $300 $350 $400 $450 $500 0%

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LA Metro

PATHTri-Met

Denver RTD

San Diego MTS

MTA (Maryland)

Miami-Dade Transit

St. Louis Metro

MUNI

DART

PATCO

Sacramento RTD

NJ Transit

UTA

VTA (San Jose)

Sound TransitValley Metro Rail (Phoenix)

Tren UrbanoStaten Island Railway

Cleveland RTA

Metro Transit (Minneapolis)

Port Authority (Pittsburgh)

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NFTA

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Operating Cost per Revenue Hour

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Cost per Hour vs. Farebox Recovery for Heavy and Light Rail Systems

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Data for HR & LR modes, only.

Source: National Transit Database Report Year 2010.

Many Rail Systems Have Farebox Recovery Ratios between 20% and 40% and an Operating Cost per Hour of between $200 and $350

More ExpensiveLess Expensive

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MTA Bus Co. (NYC)

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Port Authority (Pittsburgh)

Metro Transit (Minneapolis)

AC Transit

Tri-Met

OCTA

Pace

VIA (San Antonio)

PhoenixMUNI

Honolulu

San Diego

UTA

RTC (Las Vegas) St. Louis Metro

Milwaukee

VTA (San Jose)Lynx (Orlando)

Broward Cnty Detroit DOT

Capital Metro (Austin)

Cleveland RTD

Ride-On

Sound Transit

Foothill Transit

Hampton Roads

MTA Long Island Bus

CATS(Charlotte)

SMART

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COTA

PSTA(Tampa)

SWORTA

RIPTAOmnitrans

Operating Cost per Trip

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age

Fare

Fixed-Route Bus Systems Ranked by Most Vehicle Rev-

enue Miles1-10

11-25

26-50

Colors Indicate Fare-box Recovery Ratio

Black: >40%Green: 30-39%Blue: 20-29%

Red: <20%

Average Fare and Costs per Trip for Top 50 Fix-Route Bus Services

15Source: National Transit Database Report Year 2010.

Average fare refers to the total number of fare receipts divided by total trips.

Average Fares Cover Only 20%-40% of a Bus Trip

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