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Public Transportation Contact Info

Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon
4012 S.E. 17th Avenue
Portland, OR 97202

503-962-4831
Web site


Public Transportation Coverage - Bus Transport

The following map illustrates those areas of Portland 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 Portland. 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


592
988,284


291,491,919
71,389,345
235,533
126,336
82,051


27,094,943
2,034,230
804
663
301




34,833,957
0
34,833,957



36,850,104
106,466,909
1,659,156
8,257,560
4,845,300
158,079,029


107,933,724
14,878,389
14,941,457
16,458,691
154,212,261

3,866,768


38,324,012
38,751,996
168,364,519
245,440,527


12,770,752
232,669,775
245,440,527



1998


592
988,284


306,179,662
79,665,378
262,846
139,181
93,142


27,878,918
2,136,964
844
702
311




35,666,403
119,172
35,785,575



37,838,075
102,368,247
1,621,953
8,461,904
15,619,490
165,909,669


116,560,114
14,320,865
10,916,064
13,127,570
154,924,613

10,985,056


66,823,012
15,087,146
132,143,973
214,054,131


64,746,484
149,307,647
214,054,131
Change
Over
Prior Yr



0
0


14,687,743
8,276,033
27,313
12,845
11,091


783,975
102,734
40
39
10




832,446
119,172
951,618



987,971
(4,098,662)
(37,203)
204,344
10,774,190
7,830,640


8,626,390
(557,524)
(4,025,393)
(3,331,121)
712,352

7,118,288


28,499,000
(23,664,850)
(36,220,546)
(31,386,396)


51,975,732
(83,362,128)
(31,386,396)




   






Mode of Transportation Breakout Information

Bus
Light
Rail
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

$120,935,926
34,734,394
24,717,908
10,016,486
237,049,756
21,557,141
1,708,297
67,072,805
223,959

1.8

642
542
542
0

8.7
1.9
18%


448
622
2




5.61
70.79


0.51
1.80


3.11
39.26

$22,255,163
179,319,737
40,028,576
139,291,161
63,299,139
1,710,943
119,631
11,846,048
36,238

31.2

36
30
30
0

8.0
1.7
20%


39
58
0




13.01
186.03


0.35
1.88


6.92
99.02

$11,733,524
0
0
0
5,830,767
4,610,834
309,036
746,525
2,649

.0

166
130
4
126

4.9
.0
28%


34
34
0




2.54
37.97


2.01
15.72


0.16
2.42



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