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•* ***** tTk * * Federal Transit Administration 1997 National Transit Database Transit Profiles Agencies Urbanized Areas in Exceeding 200,000 Population CAUTION: Extensive efforts have been made to assure the quality ofinformation containedin this report. It is impossible, however, to achieve complete accuracy andconsistency ofthe reported data. In addition, the reported datado not include all relevant information generally necessary to explain apparent differences in performance (e.g., information related towork rules, topography, climate, and unusual events such as strikes and service start-ups). Users of thisreport,therefore, shouldbecarefulnottodrawunwarrantedconclusionsbasedsolely onthe datacontained herein. Home Federal Transit Administration s Pagfe For information about National Transit Database publications see FTA's Home Page at: kttp://www.fta.dot.gfov or National Transit Database Home Page at: kttp://www.NTDProgram.com Transit Profiles Agencies in Urbanized Areas Exceeding 200,000 Population For the 1997 National Transit Database Report Year Gordon Linton J. Administrator Federal Transit Administration Transit Profiles Agencies in Urbanized Areas Exceeding 200,000 Population 1997 Report Year Introduction This publication consists ofindividual profiles foreach reporting transit agency located in an urbanized area with a population exceeding 200,000. The data contained in each profile consists ofgeneral and summary reports, as well as modal, performance, and trend indicators for the 1997 Report Year. The 1997 Report Year consists ofdata from transit agencies whose fiscal years ended between January 1 to December 31, 1997, inclusive. The National Transit Database records reporters in several different ways. One way is to record the actual number ofindividual reporters in each report year. For the 1997 Report Year, the number ofindividual reporters is 556. Of this number, 66 transit agencies received exemptions from detailed reporting and 14 were deleted following extensive review and validation. Thus, 476 individual reporters comprise the full database for the 1997 Report Year. The individual reporters are grouped by two classifications based on size of urbanized area. For this publication, 277 full and complete reports are included. Transit agencies receiving reporting exemptions, 13, are included in Appendix B and transit agencies deleted, 9, are included in Appendix C. Data from agencies granted exemptions are included only for the transit agency mode(s) and types(s) of service provided and the urbanized area served. In order to provide a more user-friendly and easily understood document, a unique publication name has been created for some transit agencies. Many transit agencies have similar names, such as "Mass Transportation Authority" or "Regional Transit District." This publication places emphasis on urbanized areas to assist with geographical references and to show relations with regional governing bodies and contractual relationships with purchased transportation providers. The left page of each profile shows both general and financial information. General information includes Urbanized Area Statistics, Service Area Statistics, Service Consumption, Service Supplied, and the Vehicles Operated in Maximum Service. Financial information includes the Sources of Operating Funds Expended, Summary ofOperating Expenses, Sources ofCapital Funds Expended, and Uses ofCapital Funds. In addition, two pie charts at the bottom of the page depict the Sources of Operating Funds Expended and the Sources of Capital Funds Expended, and Uses of Capital Funds. Pie charts that have a zero value or only one item equal to 100 percent are not depicted. The right side of the page for each profile portrays transit agency characteristics by mode. If a transit agency has more than four modes, only the four modes with the largest operating expenses are included. If a transit agency operates Bus (MB) and/or Heavy Rail (HR) modes, these data will always appear in columns one and two, respectively. Two other columns are provided if additional modes are operated. These columns are arranged in descending order by their respective operating expense. Specific financial and service characteristics are listed for each mode. Performance measures have been derived from individual mode characteristic data. The performance measures represent service efficiency, cost effectiveness, and service effectiveness forcertain modes. Transit Profiles Agencies in Urbanized Areas Exceeding 200,000 Population 1997 Report Year At the bottom right of the page are line graphs for selected performance measures. They are provided for the modes in columns one and two to indicate trend data from 1993 through 1997. Inconsistent patterns on the line graphs are due to certain anomalies in the reported data. Potential reasons for these anomalies include: (1) a report was not received for a given year between 1993 and 1997; (2) a waiver was granted for financial and/or operational data; (3) data that was determined to be questionable was partially deleted or was zeroed for a given year; and (4) the elimination ofjoint expense reporting with the 1993 Report Year. The following codes are used to designate questionable, waivers, partial or total delete: Q - Questionable W - Waiver D - Deleted P/D - Partially Deleted Appendix A provides a total for all the transit agencies that serve urbanized areas with more than 200,000 population. Limited data for the transit agencies receiving the reporting exemption mentioned earlier is included for mode(s) and type(s) of service and urbanized area. Each data item is the total for the number oftransit agencies included. Modal data have been totaled for the number ofmodes reported by each ofthe reporting transit agencies. Appendix B provides data on specific transit agency reporting exemptions. Appendix D provides a cross-reference Table and indicates where each data item appearing in this profile can be located in a National Transit Database report filed by an individual transit agency. For data items that were derived, the formulaused to calculate each item is listed. The following 1997 National Transit Database Report Yearreference materials provide additional information: • Data Tables • TransitProfiles, Agencies in UrbanizedArea With a Population ofLess than 200,000 • National TransitSummaries and Trends Table of Contents 1 Transit Profiles Agencies in Urbanized Areas Exceeding 200,000 Population 1997 Report Year UZA Agency Page OH Akron, Akron-Metro Regional Transit Authority (5010) 2 Campus Bus Service-Kent State (5097) 3 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Albany-Capital District Transportation Authority (2002) 4 NM Albuquerque, Sun Tran ofAlbuquerque (6019) 5 — Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA NJ Allentown-Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority (3010) 6 AK Anchorage, Municipality ofAnchorage - Anchorage Public Transit (0012) 7 Ann Arbor, MI Ann ArborTransportation Authority (5040) 8 GA Atlanta, Cobb Community Transit (4078) 9 Douglas County Rideshare (4082) 10 Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (4022) 1 — Augusta, GA SC Aiken County Transit System (4083) 12 Augusta Public Transit Department (4023) 13 TX Austin, Austin-Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (6048) (*) 14 Austin-Capital Metropolitan VPSI Inc. (6083) 15 CA Bakersfield, Bakersfield-Golden Empire Transit District (9004) 16 *Transitsystemswhichhavepurchasedtransportationcontractsexceedingonehundred(100)vehiclesoperatedinmaximumservicearedenotedbyan asterisk. 11 Transit Profiles Agencies in Urbanized Areas Exceeding 200,000 Population 1997 Report Year UZA Agency Page MD Baltimore, Harford County Transit Service (3074) 17 Maryland - Mass Transit Administration (3034) 18 Baton Rouge, LA Baton Rouge-Capitol Transportation Corporation (6022) 19 MA Boston, Boston-Cape Ann Transportation Authority (1053) 20 Boston-Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (1003) 21 Bridgeport-Milford, CT Bridgeport-Valley Transit District (1042) 22 GreaterBridgeport Transit District (1050) 23 Milford Transit District (1107) 24 NY Buffalo-Niagara Falls, Buffalo-Niagara FrontierTransit System, Inc. (2004) 25 OH Canton, Canton Regional Transit Authority (5011) 26 Charleston, SC City ofCharleston (4110) 27 NC Charlotte, Charlotte Department ofTransportation (4008) 28 TN—GA Chattanooga, Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority (4001) 29 Chicago, IL-Northwestern IN Chicago-RTA-Chicago Transit Authority (5066) (*) 30 Chicago-RTA-CTA Contract Services-Cook-Dupage Transportation Co., Inc. (5134) 31 Chicago-RTA-Northeastern Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corp. (5118) 32 Chicago-RTA-Pace, Suburban Bus Division (5113) 33 East Chicago Public Transit (5042) 34 *Transitsystemswhichhavepurchasedtransportationcontractsexceedingonehundred(100)vehiclesoperatedinmaximumservicearedenotedbyan asterisk. ill Transit Profiles Agencies in Urbanized Areas Exceeding 200,000 Population 1997 Report Year UZA Agency Page Chicago, IL--Northwestern IN (continued) Gary Public Transportation Corporation (5045) 35 Hammond Transit System (5102) 36 NWIN-LEEOC, Inc. (5048) 37 NWIN-North Township Dial-A-Ride (5103) 38 Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (5104) 39 Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (5136) 40 Cincinnati, OH--KY Cincinnati-Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (5012) 41 Transit Authority ofNorthern Kentucky (4019) 42 OH Cleveland, Cleveland-Brunswick Transit Alternative (5143) 43 Cleveland-LAKETRAN (5117) 44 Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (5015) 45 CO Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs Transit System (8005) 46 Columbia, SC Columbia-South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (4069) 47 — Columbus, GA AL Cohrnbus Transit System (4024) 48 OH Columbus, Columbus-Central Ohio Transit Authority (5016) 49 TX Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority (6051) 50 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX & City ofMesquite Parks Recreation (6070) 51 Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority (6056) (*) 52 Dallas-DART Contract Services-ATE Management and Service Co., Inc. (6057) 53 *Transitsystemswhichhavepurchasedtransportationcontractsexceedingonehundred(100)vehiclesoperatedinmaximumservicearedenotedbyan asterisk. iv