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Table 1 continued from p. 10
San Francisco Bay 93 833,762 8,965 Rail 540 115,227,684 · · · · · · · · ·
Area Rapid Transit
District (BART)
Oakland, California
OC Transpo 170.5 784,725 4,602 Bus 845 · · · · · · · ·
Ottawa, Ontario Rail 2
Paratransit 91
Total 938
Southeastern Penn- 832 3,300,407 3,967 Bus 1,172 183,574,756 · · · · · · · · · · ·
sylvania Transporta-
Rail 720 155,593,575
tion Authority
(SEPTA) Paratransit 345 1,773,845
Philadelphia, Penn. Total 2,237 340,942,176
TriMet 574 1,466,540 2,555 Bus 532 64,114,973 · · · · · ·
Portland, Oregon Rail 85 6,875,263
Paratransit 272 7,847,149
Total 889 104,168,660
Utah Transit Author- 1,412 1,744,417 1,235 Bus 371 23,395,624 · · · · · ·
ity (UTA)
Rail 64 16,182,145
Salt Lake City, Utah
Paratransit 150 478,242
Total 585 40,056,011
Washington Metro- 692 1,305,693 1,887 Bus 1,285 135,484,298 · · · ·
politan Area Transit
Rail 830 288,039,725
Authority
(WMATA) Paratransit 452 1,712,709
Washington, District Total 2,567 425,236,560
of Columbia
Sources: U.S. Census, National Transit Database, Canadian Urban Transit Association.
Note: All data from 2008 except for the following agencies: Las Vegas Monorail Company (2007), Sun Tran (2007), Pullman Transit (2007), Riverbend Transit
(2006/2008), BC Transit (2007), Miami-Dade Transit (2007).
AGENCY POLICIES AGENCY OPERATIONS
Many of the agencies surveyed have policies regarding Surveyed agencies operate rail only, buses only, or a combi-
bringing large items on board buses and trains. The major- nation of services, as shown in Figure 3 (n = 42).
ity of agencies (33 of 42, or 78%) have policies regarding
wheelchairs on transit, followed by strollers (30 of 42, or
71%). Policies regarding bringing bicycles on vehicles are in
place at only 13 of the agencies surveyed (31%).
Although all of the agencies that offer paratransit service
have policies in place regarding the transport of wheelchairs,
and nearly all (29 of 36, or 91%) have policies regarding
accommodation of mobility devices (including scooters and, FIGURE 3 Surveyed agencies by type of operation.
in some cases, Segways), only one-third of the agencies have
policies regarding luggage, carts, and parcels. Only nine agen- Bus Services
cies (28%) have policies in place regarding the transport of
strollers on paratransit, some of which allow for strollers and Of the 40 agencies surveyed that operate buses (including
some of which prohibit them. These policies are discussed in those that operate buses in addition to rail), 39 (98%) offer
subsequent chapters and a summary table that highlights ele- local, regular fixed-route bus service. A large group of those
ments of all agency policies is included in Appendix C. surveyed (16 of 40, or 40%) offer express or commuter bus
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services. Of these 16 agencies, 14 (88%) are operated by fleet of vehicles. Many offer both low-floor and high-floor
either medium- or large-sized agencies. Only a few offer bus buses. Only 11 of 39 agencies (28%) operated only one kind
rapid transit (BRT) services in dedicated rights-of-way (six of vehicle. Overall, 35 of 39 responding agencies operate low-
of 40, or 15%). floor buses (90%) and 33 operate high-floor buses (85%).
Of 40 responding transit agencies, 32 (80%) operate para- Rail Services
transit vehicles (Table 2). BART noted that agency staff "do
not directly operate paratransit" but "do so through contrac- Sixteen agencies offer some sort of rail service. Although two
tors." Similarly, MiamiDade and Metro Ride noted that agencies operate only rail, the other 14 also offer bus service.
they have affiliated service. Although they do not operate
paratransit directly, a couple of other agencies included para- It is generally difficult to make wide conclusions from
transit vehicles in the information about their fleet. (and about) these data, other than acknowledging the great
variety among the 16 rail-operating agencies. Nearly a third
TABLE 2 of them (five of 16 agencies) offer more than one mode of
DOES YOUR AGENCY OPERATE PARATRANSIT VEHICLES? rail. Additionally, a majority feature platform-level entry
Yes 32 (80%) trains (80%). One-half of the agencies (eight of 16) operate
8 (20%)
heavy rail service. The survey group includes one monorail
No
operator in Las Vegas, as well as one agency, Capital Metro
n = 40.
in Austin, that operates freight service in addition to start-up
commuter rail. Table 3 summarizes the types of buses and
Bus Features rail cars operated by surveyed agencies.
With regard to regular bus service (regular, local bus service,
commuter buses, and BRT), agencies generally have a diverse
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TABLE 3
TYPES OF BUSES AND RAIL CARS OPERATED BY SURVEYED AGENCIES
Agency Name Types of Buses and Services Height of Vehicle Types of Rail Service Height of Vehicle Interior Floor
Interior Floor
Local Express/ BRT Paratransit Low-floor High- Commuter Heavy Light Streetcar, Platform- Low-floor High-
bus commuter (dedicated (boarding) floor rail rail rail trolley level (boarding) floor
service buses right-of- buses buses or other entry trains trains
way) fixed rail trains
service
Small
Brandon Transit
· · · ·
Brandon, Manitoba
Downeast Transportation, Inc.
· · ·
Ellsworth, Maine
Greater Glens Falls Transit
· · · ·
Glens Falls, New York
Macatawa Area Express Transportation Authority
(MAX) · · · ·
Holland, Michigan
City of Las Cruces RoadRUNNER Transit
· · · ·
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Las Vegas Monorail Company
· ·
Las Vegas, Nevada
The T
· · ·
Lawrence, Kansas
SunTran
· · ·
Ocala, Florida
Ottumwa Transit Authority
· · ·
Ottumwa, Iowa
Pullman Transit
· · · ·
Pullman, Washington
River Bend Transit
· ·
Quad Cities, Iowa
Marble Valley Regional Transit District (MVRTD)
· · · · ·
Rutland, Vermont
City of Sioux Falls/Sioux Area Metro
· · · ·
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Metro Ride
Wausau, Wisconsin · · · ·
Subtotal Small 12 2 12 9 12 1 1
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Agency Name Types of Buses and Services Height of Vehicle Types of Rail Service Height of Vehicle Interior Floor
14
Interior Floor
Local Express/ BRT Paratransit Low-floor High- Commuter Heavy Light Streetcar, Platform- Low-floor High-
bus commuter (dedicated (boarding) floor rail rail rail trolley or level (boarding) floor
service buses right-of- buses buses other fixed entry trains trains
way) rail service trains
Medium
CyRide
· · ·
Ames, Iowa
Eastern Contra Costa Transit Authority (Tri Delta)
Antioch, California · · · · ·
Valley Transit
· · ·
Appleton, Wisconsin
Central Contra Costa Transit Authority (CCCTA)
Concord, California · · · ·
VOTRAN
· · · ·
Daytona Beach, Florida
Lane Transit District
· · · ·
Eugene, Oregon
Lee County Transit
· · ·
Ft. Myers, Florida/Lee County
BC Transit
· · · ·
Kelowna, British Columbia
Laketran
· · · · ·
Lake County, Ohio
Metro Transit
· · · · ·
Madison, Wisconsin
North County Transit District (NCTD)
· · · · · · ·
Oceanside, California
Sarasota County Area Transit
· · · ·
Sarasota, Florida
Subtotal Medium 12 3 1 10 11 11 1 1 1
Table 3 continued on p. 15
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Agency Name Types of Buses and Services Height of Vehicle Types of Rail Service Height of Vehicle Interior Floor
Interior Floor
Local Express/ BRT Paratransit Low-floor High- Commuter Heavy Light Streetcar, Platform- Low-floor High-
bus commuter (dedicated (boarding) floor rail rail rail trolley or level entry (boarding) floor
service buses right-of- buses buses other fixed trains trains trains
way) rail service
Large
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
(MARTA) · · · · ·
Atlanta, Georgia
Capital Metro
· · · · ·
Austin, Texas
Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)
· · · · ·
Chicago, Illinois
Community Transit
· · · · ·
Everett, Washington
Public Transit Division (TheBus)
· · · · ·
Honolulu, Hawaii
Metropolitan Transit Authority Harris County
(METRO) · · · · · · ·
Houston, Texas
Miami-Dade Transit
· · · · · ·
Miami, Florida
Société de transport de Montréal (STM)
· · · · · · · ·
Montreal, Quebec
NJ TRANSIT Corporation
· · · · · · · · · ·
Newark, New Jersey
MTA New York City Transit
· · · · · · · ·
New York, New York
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
· ·
Oakland, California
OC Transpo
· · · · · · · ·
Ottawa, Ontario
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation
Authority (SEPTA) · · · · · · · · · ·
Philadelphia, Penn.
TriMet
· · · · · · · · · ·
Portland, Oregon
Utah Transit Authority (UTA)
· · · · · · · · ·
Salt Lake City, Utah
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
(WMATA) · · · · · · ·
Washington, District of Columbia
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Subtotal Large 15 11 5 13 15 10 5 8 7 2 12 3 5
Total 39 16 6 35 35 33 6 8 8 3 14 3 5
