Public Transportation Contact Info
Whatcom Transportation Authority
2011 Young Street
Bellingham, WA 98225
360-676-7680
Web site
Public Transportation Coverage - Bus Transport
The following map illustrates those areas of Bellingham 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 Bellingham.
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
776
155,700
9,641,317
2,984,598
10,223
4,973
706
1,991,826
145,648
98
68
24
588,482
0
588,482
588,482
7,558,344
0
0
1,561,590
9,708,416
6,568,641
728,307
32,673
2,288,402
9,618,023
90,393
896,264
23,928
483,569
1,403,761
345,648
1,058,113
1,403,761
|
1998
776
157,500
10,267,934
2,938,139
10,399
4,638
741
2,056,302
148,463
99
70
24
611,872
0
611,872
611,872
7,863,475
191,886
0
1,527,092
10,194,325
6,866,774
694,979
41,256
2,434,862
10,037,871
156,454
4,312,192
199,877
1,784,109
6,296,178
3,209,784
3,086,394
6,296,178
| Change
Over
Prior Yr
0
1,800
626,617
(46,459)
176
(335)
35
64,476
2,815
1
2
0
23,390
0
23,390
23,390
305,131
191,886
0
(34,498)
485,909
298,133
(33,328)
8,583
146,460
419,848
66,061
3,415,928
175,949
1,300,540
4,892,417
2,864,136
2,028,281
4,892,417
|
|
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
| $7,103,236
6,296,178
3,209,784
3,086,394
9,206,695
1,259,957
89,224
2,777,406
9,820
.0
41
29
29
0
5.8
1.2
41%
4
0
0
5.64
79.61
0.77
2.56
2.20
31.13
| $2,934,635
0
0
0
1,061,239
796,345
59,239
160,733
579
.0
58
41
28
13
3.0
.0
41%
3
0
0
3.69
49.54
2.77
18.26
0.20
2.71
|
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