Public Transportation Contact Info
City of Billings, METropolitan Transit
1705 Monad Road
P.O. Box 1178
Billings, MT 59103-1178
406-657-8493
Public Transportation Coverage - Bus Transport
The following map illustrates those areas of Billings 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 Billings.
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
32
81,151
2,664,606
722,506
2,743
443
0
815,684
53,604
33
29
17
221,712
0
221,712
221,712
1,124,345
109,673
332,854
286,527
2,075,111
1,397,299
234,550
175,670
267,592
2,075,111
0
72,299
0
289,196
361,495
252,457
109,038
361,495
|
1998
32
81,151
2,642,885
754,641
2,864
466
0
806,531
54,644
35
29
10
437,151
0
437,151
226,500
1,387,741
135,668
332,854
296,591
2,379,354
1,838,303
265,925
0
275,126
2,379,354
0
98,009
0
392,036
490,045
291,580
198,465
490,045
| Change
Over
Prior Yr
0
0
(21,721)
32,135
121
23
0
(9,153)
1,040
2
0
(7)
215,439
0
215,439
4,788
263,396
25,995
0
10,064
304,243
441,004
31,375
(175,670)
7,534
304,243
0
25,710
0
102,840
128,550
39,123
89,427
128,550
|
|
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
| $1,833,140
490,045
291,580
198,465
2,232,862
629,399
39,562
692,427
2,623
.0
22
20
20
0
7.8
2.0
10%
6
3
0
2.91
46.34
0.82
2.65
1.10
17.50
| $546,214
0
0
0
410,023
177,132
15,082
62,214
241
.0
13
9
9
0
3.7
.0
44%
6
0
0
3.08
36.22
1.33
8.78
0.35
4.13
|
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