10.4 Billion Trips Taken On U.S. Public Transportation In 2011

Orange, Calif. – Orange County Transportation Authority
January – Increased 2 percent

Orlando, Fla. – LYNX
January – Increased 7 percent

Peoria, Ill. - Greater Peoria Mass Transit District (CityLink)
January – Increased 16 percent

Philadelphia, Pa – SEPTA
January – Increased 6 percent

Phoenix, Ariz. - Valley Metro Rail
January – Increased 8.3 percent
February – Increased 5.1 percent

Pompano Beach, Fla. - Broward County Transit Division
January – Increased 8.9 percent

Reading, Pa. - Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority
January - Fixed route increased 8.9 percent

Research Triangle Park, N.C. – Triangle Transit
January - Increased 30.7 percent; Have had double digit increases for Triangle Transit every month since January 2011. The lowest has been around 17 percent, the highest was 33.9 percent in August 2011

Richmond, Va. - Greater Richmond Transit Company
January - Increased 6.8 percent

Salt Lake City, Utah – Utah Transit Authority
January – Increased 6.5 percent;

San Antonio, Texas - VIA Metropolitan Transit
January – Increased 10.07 percent; experiencing tremendous growth in ridership recently with record ridership numbers for January 2012.

San Carlos, Calif. - SamTrans | Caltrain
January – Increased 34.7 percent

San Jose, Calif. - Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
January - Bus and Light Rail increased 3.5 percent

Seattle, Wash. – Sound Transit
January - Light Rail increased 5 percent; ST Express Regional Bus increased 8.2 percent

Springfield, Mo. - City Utilities of Springfield, Mo.
January – Increased 15 percent
February – Increased 24 percent

State College, Pa. - Centre Area Transportation Authority
January – Increased 2.5 percent

Urbana, Ill. - Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District
January – Increased 5.2 percent
February – Increased 10.7 percent

Wilmington, Del. – Delaware Transit Corporation
January – Weekday increased 15.1 percent