Public Transportation Contact Info
Tuscaloosa County Parking and Transit Authority
2450 Hargrove Road East
Tuscaloosa, AL 35405
205-556-3876
Public Transportation Coverage - Bus Transport
The following map illustrates those areas of Tuscaloosa 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 Tuscaloosa.
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
1,340
150,500
1,840,332
253,259
1,009
0
0
388,548
25,602
19
10
5
132,478
0
132,478
132,478
519,267
0
441,100
0
1,092,845
670,488
108,945
0
313,412
1,092,845
0
49,695
0
213,404
263,099
226,243
36,856
263,099
|
1998
1,340
150,500
1,535,688
214,956
853
0
0
337,932
22,932
17
10
5
113,060
0
113,060
113,060
541,836
0
435,695
0
1,090,591
544,206
77,103
0
469,882
1,091,191
0
71,300
0
285,200
356,500
35,000
321,500
356,500
| Change
Over
Prior Yr
0
0
(304,644)
(38,303)
(156)
0
0
(50,616)
(2,670)
(2)
0
0
(19,418)
0
(19,418)
(19,418)
22,569
0
(5,405)
0
(2,254)
(126,282)
(31,842)
0
156,470
(1,654)
0
21,605
0
71,796
93,401
(191,243)
284,644
93,401
|
|
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
| $684,729
356,500
35,000
321,500
1,379,700
213,192
13,356
195,300
775
.0
10
5
5
0
5.8
1.0
100%
3
0
1
3.21
51.27
0.50
3.51
0.92
14.62
| $405,862
0
0
0
155,988
124,740
9,576
19,656
78
.0
7
5
5
0
3.7
.0
40%
0
0
0
3.25
42.38
2.60
20.65
0.16
2.05
|
|
