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U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Transit Profiles Agencies Urbanized Areas in Exceeding 200,000 Population For the 1991 Section 15 Report Year Audit Review and Analysis Division Office of Capitai and Formuia Assistance CAUTION: Extensive efforts have been made to assure the quality of information contained in this report. It is impossible, however, to achieve complete accuracy and consistency of the reported data. In addition, the reported data do not include all relevant information generally necessary to explain apparent differences in performance (e.g., information related to work rules, topography, climate, and unusual events such as strikes and service start-ups). Users of this report, therefore, should be careful not to draw unwarranted conclusions based solely on the data contained herein. Transit Profiles Agencies in Urbanized Areas Exceeding 200,000 Population For the 1991 Section 15 Report Year December 1992 Transit Profiles, Agencies in Urbanized Areas Exceeding 200,000 Population for the 1991 Section 15 Report Year Introduction This publication consists of individual profiles for each transit reporting agency located in an urbanized area with a population exceeding 200,000. The data contained in each profile consists of general and summary reports, as well as modal, performance, and trend indicators for the 1991 report year. The 1991 report year is defined as a transit reporting agency with a fiscal year ending on or between January 1 and December 31. In order to provide a more user friendly and easily understood document, a unique publication name has been created for some transit agencies. There were 515 reports included in the Section 15 reporting system for the 1991 report year. Many transit systems have similar names such as "Mass Transportation Authority" or "Regional Transit District." The publication names attempt to place emphasis on urbanized area names to assist with geographical references and also to show relationships with regional governing bodies and contractual relationships with purchased transportation providers. The left page of the profile shows both general and financial system information. General information includes the Size of the Urbanized Area, Service Area, Service Supplied, Service Consumed, and the Number of Vehicles Operated in Maximum Service. Financial information includes the Sources of Operating Funds, Summary of Operating Expenses, Sources of Capital Funds Expended, and Uses of Capital Funds. In addition, two pie graphs at the bottom of the page depict the Sources of Operating Funds, Sources of Capital Funds Expended, and Uses of Capital Funds. Pie graphs that have zero value or equal to 100% are not depicted. In addition, the pie graphs are not shown for Sources of Operating Funds where contractual relationships exist and/or where operating subsidiaries are derived from parent organizations. The right page ofthe profile portrays transit system characteristics by mode. For systems with more than four modes, only the four largest modes are included. If a transit system operates either or both Motor Bus (MB) and Heavy Rail (HR), these modes will always appear in columns one and two respectively. Two other columns are provided if additional modes are MB operated (other than or in addition to and HR). These columns are arranged in descending order of their respective operating expense. Specific financial and service characteristics are listed for each mode. Performance measures have been derived from individual mode characteristic data. Theperformance measures indicate service efficiency, cost effectiveness and service effectiveness foreach mode. These performance measures can be easily compared among various transit systems. At the bottom of the right page are line graphs for selected performance measures. They are provided for the modes in columns 1 and 2 to indicate trend data from 1988 through 1991. Transit Profiles, Agencies in Urbanized Areas Exceeding 200,000 Population for the 1991 Section 15 Report Year Inconsistent patterns on the line graphs are due to certain anomalies in the database. There are several potential reasons for these anomalies. They include: 1) the transit agency commenced reporting after 1988; 2) a new mode was reported after 1988; 3) a report was not received for a given year between 1988 and 1991; 4) a waiver was granted for financial and/or sampling information; and 5) data was questionable, partially deleted, or zeroed for a given year. Fortransit systems withpurchased transportation contracts exceeding onehundred (100) vehicles operated in maximum service, the contract dollar amount has been deleted in order not to overstate or double count the cost of the purchased transportation services provided. The purchased transportation value of contracts exceeding one hundred (100) vehicles operated in maximum service has been retained with the purchased transportation provider who has reported separately. These have been denoted with an asterisk in the Table of Contents and have been also denoted on the individual Transit Profile-Summary of Operating Expenses, Purchased Transportation value. Financial information reported by transit agencies that file at one ofthe three voluntary reporting levels (A, B, or C) is aggregated to equivalent required - level (R) data for the profiles in this report. Deleted (0/D), Partially Deleted (P/D), and Questionable (Q) data items have been entered for affected Transit Profiles. The Data Tables for the 1991 Section 15 Report Year provide additional information regarding this subject. A Appendix provides a Cross Reference Table and indicates where each data item appearing in this Profile can be located in the Section 15 report filed by individual transit systems. For data A items that were derived, the formula used to calculate each item is listed. Appendix is based on a 1991 R (Required) reporting level. Appendix B lists the exceptions for the 1991 Report Year for systems which submitted reports but their data was not published. Additional information can be obtained from the following reference materials: • Transit Profiles, The Thirty Largest Agenciesfor the 1991 Section 15 Report Year • Transit Profiles, Agencies in Urbanized Areas with a Population ofLess Than 200,000for the 1991 Section 15 Report Year Transit Profiles, Agencies in Urbanized Areas Exceeding 200,000 Population for the 1991 Section 15 Report Year • Data Tablesfor the 1991 Section 15 Report Year • National Transit Summaries and Trendsfor the 1991 Section 15 Report Year • Glossary ofTransit Terms, Usedfor the 1990-1991 Section 15 Report Year Transit Profiles, Agencies in Urbanized Areas Exceeding 200,000 Population for the 1991 Section 15 Report Year Table of Contents Transit Profiles, Agencies in Urbanized Areas Exceeding 200,000 Population for the 1991 Section 15 Report Year Table of Contents UZA/Transit Agency Page Akron, OH Akron-Metro Regional Transit Authority 2 Campus Bus Service-Kent State 3 Albany—Schenectady—Troy, NY Albany-Capital District Transportation Authority 4 NM Albuquerque, Sun Tran ofAlbuquerque 5 Allentown—Bethlehem—Easton, PA—NJ Allentown-Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority 6 Anchorage, AK Municipality of Anchorage 7 Ann Arbor, MI Ann Arbor Transportation Authority 8 GA Atlanta, Cobb Community Transit 9 Douglas County Rideshare 10 Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority 11 Augusta, GA-SC Aiken County Transit System 12 Augusta Public Transit Department 13 Austin, TX Austin-Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority 14 CA Bakersfield, Bakersfield-Golden Empire Transit District 15 MD Baltimore, Baltimore-The Columbia Transit System 16 Maryland Mass Transit Administration 17 Maryland Railroad Administration 18 Baton Rouge, LA Baton Rouge-Capitol Transportation Corporation 19 Transit.systemswhichhavepurchasedtransportationcontractsexceedingonehundred(100)vehiclesoperatedinmaximumservicearedenoted by an asterisk. Forthesetransit systems, data hasbeenaggregatedforboththetransit systemsandpurchasedtransportationprovider(s). ii