Public Transportation Contact Info
Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County
1201 Louisiana
P. O. Box 61429
Houston, TX 77208-1429
713-739-4000
Web site
Public Transportation Coverage - Bus Transport
The following map illustrates those areas of Houston 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 Houston.
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
1,279
2,457,673
417,693,017
81,198,449
269,289
147,954
85,592
40,364,201
2,689,896
3,188
1,196
358
40,886,072
3,334,096
44,220,168
44,220,168
273,387,606
0
0
15,511,159
333,118,933
162,247,016
32,737,743
5,906,513
(14,361,653)
186,529,619
127,383,372
68,527,050
0
73,469,765
141,996,815
49,439,129
92,557,686
141,996,815
|
1998
1,279
2,457,673
461,252,539
84,141,345
283,009
123,953
79,780
39,037,306
2,621,189
2,315
1,286
374
41,050,015
5,520,116
46,570,131
46,570,131
251,653,507
0
0
15,588,525
313,812,163
156,597,175
26,996,867
6,510,882
(13,188,320)
176,916,604
107,380,212
77,582,927
0
66,254,738
143,837,665
68,669,340
75,168,325
143,837,665
| Change
Over
Prior Yr
0
0
43,559,522
2,942,896
13,720
(24,001)
(5,812)
(1,326,895)
(68,707)
(873)
90
16
163,943
2,186,020
2,349,963
2,349,963
(21,734,099)
0
0
77,366
(19,306,770)
(5,649,841)
(5,740,876)
604,369
1,173,333
(9,613,015)
(20,003,160)
9,055,877
0
(7,215,027)
1,840,850
19,230,211
(17,389,361)
1,840,850
|
|
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
| $170,492,329
143,820,214
68,669,340
75,150,874
455,955,386
34,554,941
2,418,505
83,573,032
281,092
148.3
1,070
936
934
2
7.0
2.5
14%
553
794
0
4.93
70.49
0.37
2.04
2.42
34.56
| $6,424,275
17,451
0
17,451
5,297,153
4,482,365
202,684
568,313
1,917
.0
1,245
350
0
350
.0
.0
256%
10
8
0
1.43
31.70
1.21
11.30
0.13
2.80
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