Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority
181 Ellicott Street
Buffalo, NY 14203

716-855-7230
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The following map illustrates those areas of Buffalo 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.

The following tables and charts give a financial and operations overview of the public transportation network in Buffalo. 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 1,575 1,182,165 78,249,922 26,129,523 90,698 39,493 16,610 8,930,136 808,101 367 309 124 21,718,253 0 21,718,253 21,718,253 21,763,546 16,804,374 5,371,357 830,545 66,488,075 47,123,074 5,962,563 0 10,196,025 63,281,662 3,206,413 1,742,792 1,959,214 14,576,690 18,278,696 9,403,263 8,875,433 18,278,696

1998 1,575 1,182,165 80,667,114 27,013,002 94,691 38,567 15,817 9,049,795 827,074 374 315 124 21,671,699 14,028 21,685,727 21,685,727 23,661,179 17,032,471 5,039,317 900,563 68,319,257 46,550,021 5,706,771 83,136 12,649,485 64,989,413 3,329,844 450,131 450,132 3,601,052 4,501,315 281,579 4,219,736 4,501,315

Change Over Prior Yr 0 0 2,417,192 883,479 3,993 (926) (793) 119,659 18,973 7 6 0 (46,554) 14,028 (32,526) (32,526) 1,897,633 228,097 (332,040) 70,018 1,831,182 (573,053) (255,792) 83,136 2,453,460 1,707,751 123,431 (1,292,661) (1,509,082) (10,975,638) (13,777,381) (9,121,684) (4,655,697) (13,777,381)