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King County Department of Transportation
821 Second Avenue (M/S-55)
Seattle, WA 98104-1598

206-684-1619
Web site


Public Transportation Coverage - Bus Transport

The following map illustrates those areas of Seattle 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 Seattle. 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


2,134
1,646,200


554,829,324
96,389,937
320,337
158,656
114,060


51,488,224
3,482,674
2,667
1,987
475




56,661,355
422,672
57,084,027



61,334,917
205,548,253
435,915
3,702,973
22,825,640
293,847,698


186,802,445
37,722,823
28,721,065
22,315,978
275,562,311

18,285,387


44,634,798
0
61,492,418
106,127,216


73,543,908
32,583,308
106,127,216



1998


2,134
1,665,800


507,233,289
93,990,113
313,882
147,708
112,778


52,129,200
3,670,638
3,295
2,380
502




67,103,369
666,352
67,769,721



67,769,721
210,951,950
454,661
17,110,150
18,008,516
314,294,998


202,337,105
32,559,894
32,264,403
29,327,515
296,488,917

17,806,081


31,777,299
0
21,054,790
52,832,089


18,744,024
34,088,065
52,832,089
Change
Over
Prior Yr



0
19,600


(47,596,035)
(2,399,824)
(6,455)
(10,948)
(1,282)


640,976
187,964
628
393
27




10,442,014
243,680
10,685,694



6,434,804
5,403,697
18,746
13,407,177
(4,817,124)
20,447,300


15,534,660
(5,162,929)
3,543,338
7,011,537
20,926,606

(479,306)


(12,857,499)
0
(40,437,628)
(53,295,127)


(54,799,884)
1,504,757
(53,295,127)




   






Mode of Transportation Breakout Information

Bus
Light
Rail
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

$217,825,456
38,361,130
11,252,521
27,108,609
402,355,077
31,768,532
2,333,490
64,400,794
215,721

171.4

1,135
932
932
0

7.9
2.3
22%


684
632
1




6.86
93.35


0.54
3.38


2.03
27.60

$1,140,960
5,656,625
1,689,260
3,967,365
453,875
40,318
11,223
429,520
1,027

3.7

5
3
3
0

70.2
1.0
67%


12
8
0




28.30
101.66


2.51
2.66


10.65
38.27

$32,264,403
7,095,293
5,580,666
1,514,627
10,914,761
7,885,050
560,852
1,626,433
5,704

.0

1,159
634
0
634

3.1
.0
83%


118
55
0




4.09
57.53


2.96
19.84


0.21
2.90



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