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Greater Richmond Transit Company
101 South Davis Avenue
P.O. Box 27323
Richmond, VA 23261

804-358-3871


Public Transportation Coverage - Bus Transport

The following map illustrates those areas of Richmond 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 Richmond. 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


374
308,505


35,225,548
15,723,820
54,024
24,658
12,188


5,108,800
431,922
241
154
63




8,514,423
299,781
8,814,204



8,814,204
5,713,142
4,986,693
1,559,945
774,297
21,848,281


14,724,545
2,791,243
1,676,381
2,656,112
21,848,281

0


1,009,067
1,128,726
8,691,590
10,829,383


9,631,272
1,198,111
10,829,383



1998


374
589,980


39,182,294
15,861,488
54,743
23,781
12,206


6,025,253
466,985
240
180
60




8,765,608
331,509
9,097,117



8,765,608
6,270,906
5,293,607
1,203,137
918,927
22,452,185


15,088,110
2,511,988
1,917,684
2,373,242
21,891,024

561,161


432,519
462,177
3,063,834
3,958,530


2,098,583
1,859,947
3,958,530
Change
Over
Prior Yr



0
281,475


3,956,746
137,668
719
(877)
18


916,453
35,063
(1)
26
(3)




251,185
31,728
282,913



(48,596)
557,764
306,914
(356,808)
144,630
603,904


363,565
(279,255)
241,303
(282,870)
42,743

561,161


(576,548)
(666,549)
(5,627,756)
(6,870,853)


(7,532,689)
661,836
(6,870,853)




   






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

$19,973,340
3,958,530
2,098,583
1,859,947
34,161,164
4,321,781
379,195
15,624,112
53,820

.0

181
128
128
0

8.9
2.1
41%


140
195
0




4.62
52.67


0.58
1.28


3.62
41.20

$1,802,127
0
0
0
1,441,000
1,253,638
77,884
162,954
630

.0

40
33
0
33

.2
.0
21%


2
0
0




1.44
23.14


1.25
11.06


0.13
2.09



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