Public Transportation Contact Info
Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority
P.O. Box 1188
Charleston, WV 25324
304-343-3840
Public Transportation Coverage - Bus Transport
The following map illustrates those areas of Charleston 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 Charleston.
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
908
231,414
11,155,630
2,140,536
7,406
3,984
846
2,839,109
168,739
65
54
42
1,428,787
0
1,428,787
1,428,787
4,704,368
45,319
668,361
272,599
7,119,434
5,311,764
1,035,147
0
690,389
7,037,300
82,134
213,610
0
584,303
797,913
102,795
695,118
797,913
|
1998
908
231,414
10,759,720
2,065,991
7,148
3,843
835
2,715,145
167,113
64
55
32
1,446,862
0
1,446,862
1,446,862
4,761,661
41,206
668,361
283,652
7,201,742
5,366,418
1,034,326
0
704,747
7,105,491
96,251
641,682
0
2,558,326
3,200,008
69,198
3,130,810
3,200,008
| Change
Over
Prior Yr
0
0
(395,910)
(74,545)
(258)
(141)
(11)
(123,964)
(1,626)
(1)
1
(10)
18,075
0
18,075
18,075
57,293
(4,113)
0
11,053
82,308
54,654
(821)
0
14,358
68,191
14,117
428,072
0
1,974,023
2,402,095
(33,597)
2,435,692
2,402,095
|
|
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
| $6,562,422
2,502,968
0
2,502,968
10,412,534
2,367,959
143,646
2,036,807
7,037
.1
53
45
45
0
6.1
1.4
18%
17
17
0
2.77
45.68
0.63
3.22
0.86
14.18
| $543,069
697,040
69,198
627,842
347,186
347,186
23,467
29,184
111
.0
11
10
10
0
2.9
.0
10%
0
0
0
1.56
23.14
1.56
18.61
0.08
1.24
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