Public Transportation Contact Info
City of Huntsville, Alabama Department of Transportation
100 Church Street
Huntsville, AL 35801-4999
256-532-7535
Web site
Public Transportation Coverage - Bus Transport
The following map illustrates those areas of Huntsville that have easy access to public transportation.
Easy access is defined as no more than a one-half mile walk from a bus route. Bus stop information is ignored.
In cases of overlapping transit authorities, the transit system in review is shown in light purple and all other transit systems are shown in yellow.
Source: Federal Transit Administration and Synergos Technologies, Inc.
Selected Public Transportation Stats
The following tables and charts give a financial and operations overview of the public transportation network in Huntsville.
Source: Federal Transit Administration - National Transit Database (1996-1998) and Synergos Technologies, Inc.
System Wide Information
General Information
Service Area Statistics
Square Miles
Population
Service Consumption
Annual Passenger Miles
Annual Unlinked Trips
Average Weekday Unlinked Trips
Average Saturday Unlinked Trips
Average Sunday Unlinked Trips
Service Supplied
Annual Vehicle Revenue Miles
Annual Vehicle Revenue Hours
Veh. Available for Max. Service
Veh. Operated in Max. Service
Base Period Requirement
Financial Information
Fare Revenues Earned
Directly Operated
Purchased Transportation
Total Fare Revenues Earned
Sources of
Operating Funds Expended
Passenger Fares
Local Funds
State Funds
Federal Assistance
Other Funds
Total Operating Funds Expended
Summary of Operating Expenses
Salaries, Wages and Benefits
Materials and Supplies
Purchased Transportation *
Other Operating Expenses
Total Operating Expenses
Reconciling Cash Expenditures
Sources of Capital Funds
Local Funds
State Funds
Federal Assistance
Total Sources
Uses of Capital Funds
Rolling Stock
Facilites and Other
Total Uses
|
1997
168
159,880
2,616,959
586,617
2,180
497
191
881,204
76,107
53
40
0
187,567
0
187,567
225,313
631,360
0
620,566
0
1,477,239
945,869
125,428
58,740
295,269
1,425,306
51,933
79,114
0
316,457
395,571
360,622
34,949
395,571
|
1998
168
159,880
2,658,099
562,234
2,075
394
230
878,453
106,618
54
41
0
185,845
0
185,845
185,845
701,353
0
705,841
0
1,593,039
1,024,448
102,979
69,551
354,081
1,551,059
41,980
81,827
0
337,978
419,805
385,082
34,723
419,805
| Change
Over
Prior Yr
0
0
41,140
(24,383)
(105)
(103)
39
(2,751)
30,511
1
1
0
(1,722)
0
(1,722)
(39,468)
69,993
0
85,275
0
115,800
78,579
(22,449)
10,811
58,812
125,753
(9,953)
2,713
0
21,521
24,234
24,460
(226)
24,234
|
|
Mode of Transportation Breakout Information
|
Bus | Demand
Response |
Operating Expense
Capital Funding
Rolling Stock
Facilites and Other
Annual Passenger Miles
Annual Vehicle Revenue Miles
Annual Vehicle Revenue Hours
Annual Unlinked Trips
Average Weekday Unlinked Trips
Fixed Guideway Directional Route Miles
Vehicles Available for Maximum Service
Vehicles Operated in Maximum Service
Directly Operated
Purchased Transportation
Average Fleet Age in Years
Peak to Base Ratio
Percent Spares
Safety
Incidents
Injuries
Fatalities
Performance Measures
Service Efficiency
Operating Expense per Vehicle Revenue Mile
Operating Expense per Vehicle Revenue Hour
Cost Effectiveness
Operating Expense per Passenger Mile
Operating Expense per Unlinked Passenger Trip
Service Effectiveness
Unlinked Passenger Trips per Vehicle Revenue Mile
Unlinked Passenger Trips per Vehicle Revenue Hour
| $868,746
290,353
265,267
25,086
1,242,307
502,172
31,229
274,758
1,083
.0
14
11
11
0
4.4
.0
27%
4
4
0
1.73
27.82
0.70
3.16
0.55
8.80
| $682,313
129,452
119,815
9,637
1,415,792
376,281
75,389
287,476
992
.0
40
30
11
19
5.4
.0
33%
6
2
0
1.81
9.05
0.48
2.37
0.76
3.81
|
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