Public Transportation Contact Info
City of Huntsville, Alabama Department of Transportation
100 Church Street
Huntsville, AL 35801-4999
256-532-7535
Web site
Public Transportation Coverage - Bus Transport
The following map illustrates those areas of Huntsville 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 Huntsville.
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 168 159,880 2,616,959 586,617 2,180 497 191 881,204 76,107 53 40 0 187,567 0 187,567 225,313 631,360 0 620,566 0 1,477,239 945,869 125,428 58,740 295,269 1,425,306 51,933 79,114 0 316,457 395,571 360,622 34,949 395,571 | 1998 168 159,880 2,658,099 562,234 2,075 394 230 878,453 106,618 54 41 0 185,845 0 185,845 185,845 701,353 0 705,841 0 1,593,039 1,024,448 102,979 69,551 354,081 1,551,059 41,980 81,827 0 337,978 419,805 385,082 34,723 419,805 | Change Over Prior Yr 0 0 41,140 (24,383) (105) (103) 39 (2,751) 30,511 1 1 0 (1,722) 0 (1,722) (39,468) 69,993 0 85,275 0 115,800 78,579 (22,449) 10,811 58,812 125,753 (9,953) 2,713 0 21,521 24,234 24,460 (226) 24,234 |    |
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 | $868,746 290,353 265,267 25,086 1,242,307 502,172 31,229 274,758 1,083 .0 14 11 11 0 4.4 .0 27% 4 4 0 1.73 27.82 0.70 3.16 0.55 8.80 | $682,313 129,452 119,815 9,637 1,415,792 376,281 75,389 287,476 992 .0 40 30 11 19 5.4 .0 33% 6 2 0 1.81 9.05 0.48 2.37 0.76 3.81 |