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The following is a list of local bus agencies in the United States, ranked by ridership . All figures are unlinked passenger trips for the stated time period and come from the Federal Transit Administration 's National Transit Database (NTD).[ 1]
The NTD categorizes ridership data by type of service: directly operated (DO) and purchased transportation (PT). The data below shows the sum of these two values for each transit agency. Only the top 100 agencies with the most ridership in 2023 are shown.
Rank
Transit Agency
Urban Area 2023 Annual Ridership
1
MTA New York City Bus New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ 570,625,248
2
LACMTA Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 218,606,428
3
CTA Chicago, IL--IN 161,699,361
4
New Jersey Transit New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ 131,382,949
5
MTA Bus New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ 119,571,794
6
WMATA Washington--Arlington, DC--VA--MD 110,073,907
7
SEPTA Philadelphia, PA--NJ--DE--MD 103,614,360
8
MBTA Boston, MA--NH 80,925,593
9
SFMTA San Francisco--Oakland, CA 75,682,205
10
King County Metro Seattle--Tacoma, WA 64,094,524
11
Miami-Dade Transit Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL 57,895,179
12
RTC Transit Las Vegas--Henderson--Paradise, NV 51,242,406
13
METRO Houston, TX 51,093,925
14
MTA Maryland Baltimore, MD 47,389,214
15
Denver RTD Denver--Aurora, CO 42,732,388
16
TheBus Honolulu, HI 40,056,517
17
TriMet Portland, OR--WA 37,821,610
18
PRT Pittsburgh, PA 34,483,607
19
OCTA Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 33,129,953
20
MTS San Diego, CA 32,965,101
21
AC Transit San Francisco--Oakland, CA 32,356,940
22
MARTA Atlanta, GA 32,122,711
23
Metro Transit Minneapolis--St. Paul, MN 30,123,953
24
VIA San Antonio, TX 27,275,239
25
DART Dallas--Fort Worth--Arlington, TX 27,029,923
26
CapMetro Austin, TX 23,224,263
27
BCT Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL 22,750,332
28
MCTS Milwaukee, WI 22,384,263
29
Bee-Line Bus System New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ 21,640,192
30
VTA San Jose, CA 21,067,532
31
NICE New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ 19,994,905
32
UTA Salt Lake City, UT 17,895,284
33
LBT Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 17,696,044
34
City of Phoenix [ a] Phoenix--Mesa--Scottsdale, AZ 17,355,902
35
LYNX Orlando, FL 17,315,803
36
Ride On Washington--Arlington, DC--VA--MD 16,623,953
37
RTA Cleveland, OH 15,963,454
38
CDTA Albany--Schenectady, NY 15,176,183
39
Sun Tran Tucson, AZ 15,151,308
40
PACE Chicago, IL--IN 14,908,216
41
LAMTA Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 14,417,280
42
SORTA Cincinnati, OH--KY 12,902,123
43
NFTA Buffalo, NY 12,763,073
44
CT Transit - Hartford [ b] Hartford, CT 12,748,998
45
Metro Transit St. Louis, MO--IL 12,512,366
46
RIPTA Providence, RI--MA 12,216,395
47
HART Tampa--St. Petersburg, FL 11,312,581
48
COTA Columbus, OH 11,128,906
49
DDOT Detroit, MI 11,050,285
50
KCATA Kansas City, MO--KS 10,841,740
51
RGRTA Rochester, NY 9,408,948
52
Metro Transit Madison, WI 9,403,885
53
SamTrans San Francisco--Oakland, CA 9,308,425
54
Fairfax Connector Washington--Arlington, DC--VA--MD 8,987,190
55
Spokane Transit Authority Spokane, WA 8,947,157
56
PSTA Tampa--St. Petersburg, FL 8,922,420
57
MTD Champaign, IL 8,880,029
58
FAX Fresno, CA 8,827,000
59
NORTA New Orleans, LA 8,726,500
60
SacRT Sacramento, CA 8,494,945
61
ART Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 8,452,553
62
Foothill Transit Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 8,452,534
63
Big Blue Bus Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 8,230,593
64
WeGo Public Transit Nashville metropolitan area 8,192,009
65
RPTA [ c] Phoenix--Mesa--Scottsdale, AZ 8,180,587
66
CATS Charlotte, NC--SC 8,133,461
67
GRTC Richmond, VA 8,064,887
68
Palm Tran Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL 7,769,803
69
CATA Lansing, MI 7,740,767
70
PVTA Springfield, MA--CT 7,308,492
71
Delaware Transit Corporation Philadelphia, PA--NJ--DE--MD 7,191,010
72
Centro Syracuse, NY 6,942,970
73
CT Transit - New Haven [ d] New Haven, CT 6,465,548
74
Omnitrans Riverside--San Bernardino, CA 6,280,450
75
TARC Louisville/Jefferson County, KY--IN 6,275,580
76
Pierce Transit Seattle--Tacoma, WA 6,101,806
77
HRT Virginia Beach--Norfolk, VA 6,061,592
78
Sun Metro El Paso, TX--NM 6,025,092
79
GoDurham Durham, NC 5,983,884
80
JTA Jacksonville, FL 5,809,575
81
University of Michigan Campus Transit[ e]
Ann Arbor, MI 5,705,417
82
Community Transit Seattle--Tacoma, WA 5,659,465
83
IndyGo Indianapolis, IN 5,633,346
84
The Rapid Grand Rapids, MI 5,568,955
85
Gainesville RTS Gainesville, FL 5,253,627
86
RTA Riverside--San Bernardino, CA 5,142,985
87
RTC Reno, NV--CA 5,030,919
88
DASH (bus) Washington--Arlington, DC--VA--MD 4,982,275
89
CATA State College, PA 4,853,259
90
GBT Bridgeport--Stamford, CT--NY 4,831,277
91
NCTD San Diego, CA 4,700,870
92
SMART Detroit, MI 4,616,187
93
MTD Santa Barbara, CA 4,535,029
94
ABQ RIDE Albuquerque, NM 4,472,832
95
GoRaleigh Raleigh, NC 4,450,822
96
AAATA Ann Arbor, MI 4,443,907
97
CyRide Ames, IA 4,443,045
98
GLPTC Lafayette, IN 4,409,766
99
Trinity Metro Dallas--Fort Worth--Arlington, TX 4,320,159
100
GDRTA Dayton, OH 4,223,553
^ Valley Metro is operated by both the City of Phoenix and the Regional Public Transportation Authority. This row is for the City of Phoenix.
^ CT Transit operates under five divisions. This row is just for the Hartford division.
^ Valley Metro is operated by both the City of Phoenix and the Regional Public Transportation Authority. This row is just for the Regional Public Transportation Authority.
^ CT Transit operates under five divisions. This row is just for the New Haven division.
^ The University of Michigan is serviced by both a Campus Transit agency and the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority[ 2]
