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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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