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Appendix B
Profiles of Participating Transit and Non-Transit Agencies
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Type of Geographic Community Transit
Name City/State Institution Region Service Area Characteristic Ridesharing Participants* Vehicles**
AC Transit Oakland, CA Transit agency West 2 Counties Major metropolitan Unreported 913
Asotin County PTBA Clarkston, WA Transit agency Northwest Region Rural 108 Unavailable
Baldwin Rural Area Robertsdale, Transit agency South County Rural Unreported Unavailable
Transportation System AL
Capital District Transportation Albany, NY Transit agency East Region Urbanized Unreported 318
Authority
Capital Metro Transit Austin, TX Transit agency South Region Urbanized 986 1,134
Centre Area Transportation State College, Transit agency East Region Urbanized 1,300 75
Authority (CATA) PA
Charlotte Area Transit System Charlotte, NC Transit agency South Region Urbanized Unreported 544
Clallam Transit System Port Angeles Transit agency Northwest County Rural Unreported Unavailable
WA
Connecticut Department of Newington CT DOT Northeast State Statewide Unreported N/A
Transportation
Denver Regional Council of Denver, CO COG West Region Regional 429 vanpoolers; 4,472 in N/A
Governments carpool database; 13,552
families in Schoolpool database
Des Moines Area Regional Transit Des Moines, IA Transit agency Midwest Region Urbanized 818 current van riders on 91 255
Authority vans
Greater Portland Council of Portland ME COG Northeast State Statewide 9,000 commuters in statewide N/A
Governments database
Hillsborough (FL) Area Regional Tampa, FL Transit agency South County Urbanized Unreported 274
Transit Authority
Kansas City Area Transportation Kansas City, Transit agency Midwest Region Urbanized Unreported 429
Authority MO
Keep Middlesex Moving, Inc New TMA East County Regional Unreported N/A
Brunswick, NJ
King County Metro Transit Seattle, WA Transit agency Northwest Region Major metropolitan 2.85 million commuter van 3,024
ridership; 1,075 commuter vans
in operation
Kings County Area Public Transit Hanford, CA Transit agency West Region Rural Unreported 240
Agency
Kitsap Transit Bremerton, WA Transit agency Northwest County Urbanized Unreported 305
Mason County Transit Shelton, WA Transit agency Northwest Places of Rural Unreported Unavailable
employment
Metro Transit Minneapolis, Transit agency Midwest Region Major metropolitan 30,000 in database 960
MN
Metropolitan Transit Authority Houston, TX Transit agency South Region Major metropolitan 7,000 3,078
(Houston)
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Metropolitan Transportation Oakland, CA MPO West Region Regional 28,000 in database of rideshare N/A
Commission participants
Metropolitan Washington Council Washington, COG East Region Regional 30,000 (about 19,000 are in N/A
of Governments DC ridematching and 11,000 are in
Guaranteed Ride Home)
Nashville Metropolitan Transit Nashville, TN Transit agency South Region Urbanized Unreported 388
Authority/Regional Transportation
Authority
New Jersey Transit Newark, NJ Transit agency East State Major metropolitan Unreported 5,121
Orange County Transportation Orange, CA MPO West County Urbanized Unreported 1,358
Authority
Pace Suburban Bus Arlington Transit agency Midwest Region Urbanized Roughly 5,000 1,774
Heights, IL
Pima Association of Governments Tucson, AZ MPO Southwest County Regional 3,540 N/A
Potomac and Rappahannock Woodbridge, Transit agency East County Urbanized 600 program applicants 129
Transportation Commission VA
Regional Transportation Authority Nashville, TN Transit agency South Region Urbanized Unreported 57
Rhode Island Public Transit Providence, RI Transit agency Northeast State Urbanized Unreported 308
Authority (RIPTA)
SalemKeizer Transit Salem, OR Transit agency Northwest Region Urbanized Roughly 3,000 229
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Oakland, CA Transit agency West Region Major metropolitan Unreported 669
Transit ( BART)
San Joaquin Council of Stockton, CA COG West Region Regional More than 4,000 registered N/A
Governments
Santee Wateree Regional Sumter, SC Transit agency South Region Rural Unreported 76
Transportation Authority
Space Coast Area Transit Cocoa, FL Transit agency South County Rural 119 vanpools in program 205
(Brevard County)
Valley Metro/Regional Public Phoenix, AZ Transit agency Southwest County Major metropolitan Unreported 680
Transportation Authority
Votran South Daytona, Transit agency South County Urbanized Unreported 161
FL
Washington Metropolitan Area Washington, Transit agency East Region Major metropolitan Unreported 3,744
Transit Authority DC
*As reported in survey.
**2009 National Transit Database.
N/A = Not applicable, non-transit agency. COG = council of governments; DOT = department of transportation; MPO = metropolitan planning organization; PTBA = Public
Transportation Benefit Area; TMA = transportation management association; TMO = transportation management organization.
Community Characteristic Definitions: Major metropolitan area; Urbanized: core city surrounded by suburbs; Rural: low population surrounded by open country.
