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Public Transportation Contact Info

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
1234 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107-3780

215-580-4000
Web site


Public Transportation Coverage - Bus Transport

The following map illustrates those areas of Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia. 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


2,174
3,728,909


1,308,074,023
305,073,215
1,017,370
524,387
321,343


75,370,130
5,265,502
2,706
2,199
935




267,066,443
3,289,597
270,356,040



270,356,040
59,371,632
345,177,691
12,621,922
23,021,994
710,549,279


545,722,045
47,990,507
23,464,283
51,272,130
668,448,965

44,940,566


50,168,657
10,540,683
250,936,091
311,645,431


172,300,482
139,344,949
311,645,431



1998


2,174
3,728,909


1,218,391,913
272,833,175
977,676
505,361
319,669


72,451,042
5,349,381
2,663
2,169
968




259,816,706
3,283,680
263,100,386



263,100,386
60,980,768
323,535,717
27,500,000
25,331,584
700,448,455


531,095,703
49,686,839
18,150,191
47,104,089
646,036,822

44,293,447


69,315,725
131,872,423
66,886,746
268,074,894


164,680,336
103,394,558
268,074,894
Change
Over
Prior Yr



0
0


(89,682,110)
(32,240,040)
(39,694)
(19,026)
(1,674)


(2,919,088)
83,879
(43)
(30)
33




(7,249,737)
(5,917)
(7,255,654)



(7,255,654)
1,609,136
(21,641,974)
14,878,078
2,309,590
(10,100,824)


(14,626,342)
1,696,332
(5,314,092)
(4,168,041)
(22,412,143)

(647,119)


19,147,068
121,331,740
(184,049,345)
(43,570,537)


(7,620,146)
(35,950,391)
(43,570,537)




   






Mode of Transportation Breakout Information

Bus
Light
Rail
Commuter
Rail
Heavy
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

$296,445,471
23,502,505
15,514,092
7,988,413
381,486,594
32,650,429
3,201,999
134,228,583
475,662

3.6

1,304
1,087
1,081
6

8.4
1.7
20%


1,019
1,376
2




9.08
92.58


0.78
2.21


4.11
41.92

$40,702,884
191,681,900
127,715,140
63,966,760
50,997,277
2,760,727
232,394
20,221,681
72,180

69.3

141
106
106
0

17.6
1.6
33%


123
132
2




14.74
175.15


0.80
2.01


7.32
87.01

$151,830,134
10,416,107
8,387,371
2,028,736
398,818,686
14,352,959
521,933
28,281,266
99,212

443.4

346
282
282
0

23.7
4.4
23%


432
429
3




10.58
290.90


0.38
5.37


1.97
54.19

$125,994,262
42,177,927
13,063,733
29,114,194
365,230,582
14,440,378
726,653
81,219,794
297,296

76.1

384
283
283
0

25.4
1.6
36%


198
259
9




8.73
173.39


0.34
1.55


5.62
111.77

$20,244,556
296,455
0
296,455
9,252,909
7,331,055
582,150
1,358,804
6,039

.0

422
362
92
270

3.0
.0
17%


324
111
1




2.76
34.78


2.19
14.90


0.19
2.33



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