Public Transportation Contact Info
Capital Area Transit
901 North Cameron Street
P.O. Box 1571
Harrisburg, PA 17105
717-233-5657
Public Transportation Coverage - Bus Transport
The following map illustrates those areas of Harrisburg 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 Harrisburg.
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
66
217,977
8,924,704
3,101,766
11,454
4,140
0
1,324,368
105,903
60
53
24
2,136,413
26,361
2,162,774
2,162,774
758,230
2,169,839
815,276
172,601
6,078,720
4,906,820
479,945
178,598
513,357
6,078,720
0
15,685
177,857
277,223
470,765
119,600
351,165
470,765
|
1998
66
217,977
9,658,199
3,200,890
12,176
4,251
100
1,811,214
144,155
118
96
23
2,094,778
199,175
2,293,953
2,329,270
646,531
3,357,661
997,379
173,441
7,504,282
5,939,988
542,319
329,434
692,541
7,504,282
0
76,758
666,876
1,856,214
2,599,848
523,477
2,076,371
2,599,848
| Change
Over
Prior Yr
(0)
0
733,495
99,124
722
111
100
486,846
38,252
58
43
(1)
(41,635)
172,814
131,179
166,496
(111,699)
1,187,822
182,103
840
1,425,562
1,033,168
62,374
150,836
179,184
1,425,562
0
61,073
489,019
1,578,991
2,129,083
403,877
1,725,206
2,129,083
|
|
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
| $6,468,540
2,565,985
489,614
2,076,371
8,866,340
1,243,964
103,511
3,093,879
11,423
.0
56
50
50
0
11.5
2.2
12%
30
30
0
5.20
62.49
0.73
2.09
2.49
29.89
| $1,035,742
33,863
33,863
0
791,859
567,250
40,644
107,011
753
.0
62
46
27
19
4.4
.0
35%
4
3
0
1.83
25.48
1.31
9.68
0.19
2.63
|
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