Public Transportation Contact Info
City of Charleston Transit Administration Division
36 John Street
Charleston, SC 29403
803-724-3737
Web site
Public Transportation Coverage - Bus Transport
The following map illustrates those areas of Charleston 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 Charleston.
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
740
280,181
15,603,001
3,608,615
11,827
6,596
3,438
2,270,910
167,128
63
44
27
0
0
0
0
775,981
388,261
967,848
5,510,272
7,642,362
0
0
7,642,362
0
7,642,362
0
92,681
127,345
706,868
926,894
276,864
650,030
926,894
|
1998
740
280,181
14,056,848
3,284,753
10,395
6,844
3,942
2,344,213
170,158
63
44
27
0
2,011,211
2,011,211
2,011,211
0
378,219
2,804,627
3,757,679
8,951,736
0
0
8,927,168
0
8,927,168
24,568
0
169,094
886,385
1,055,479
189,150
866,329
1,055,479
| Change
Over
Prior Yr
0
0
(1,546,153)
(323,862)
(1,432)
248
504
73,303
3,030
0
0
0
0
2,011,211
2,011,211
2,011,211
(775,981)
(10,042)
1,836,779
(1,752,593)
1,309,374
0
0
1,284,806
0
1,284,806
24,568
(92,681)
41,749
179,517
128,585
(87,714)
216,299
128,585
|
|
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
| $7,856,446
1,017,649
151,320
866,329
13,216,731
1,618,470
132,486
3,211,606
10,145
.0
52
34
0
34
3.0
1.3
53%
18
16
0
4.85
59.30
0.59
2.45
1.98
24.24
| $1,070,722
37,830
37,830
0
840,117
725,743
37,672
73,147
250
.0
11
10
0
10
1.0
.0
10%
8
2
0
1.48
28.42
1.27
14.64
0.10
1.94
|
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