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57 Appendix B profiles of participating Transit and non-Transit Agencies
Name City/State Type of Institution Geographic Region Service Area Community Characteristic Ridesharing Participants* Transit 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 Transportation System Robertsdale, AL Transit agency South County Rural Unreported Unavailable Capital District Transportation Authority Albany, NY Transit agency East Region Urbanized Unreported 318 Capital Metro Transit Austin, TX Transit agency South Region Urbanized 986 1,134 Centre Area Transportation Authority (CATA) State College, PA Transit agency East Region Urbanized 1,300 75 Charlotte Area Transit System Charlotte, NC Transit agency South Region Urbanized Unreported 544 Clallam Transit System Port Angeles WA Transit agency Northwest County Rural Unreported Unavailable Connecticut Department of Transportation Newington CT DOT Northeast State Statewide Unreported N/A Denver Regional Council of Governments Denver, CO COG West Region Regional 429 vanpoolers; 4,472 in carpool database; 13,552 families in Schoolpool database N/A Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority Des Moines, IA Transit agency Midwest Region Urbanized 818 current van riders on 91 vans 255 Greater Portland Council of Governments Portland ME COG Northeast State Statewide 9,000 commuters in statewide database N/A Hillsborough (FL) Area Regional Transit Authority Tampa, FL Transit agency South County Urbanized Unreported 274 Kansas City Area Transportation Authority Kansas City, MO Transit agency Midwest Region Urbanized Unreported 429 Keep Middlesex Moving, Inc New Brunswick, NJ TMA East County Regional Unreported N/A King County Metro Transit Seattle, WA Transit agency Northwest Region Major metropolitan 2.85 million commuter van ridership; 1,075 commuter vans in operation 3,024 Kings County Area Public Transit Agency Hanford, CA Transit agency West Region Rural Unreported 240 Kitsap Transit Bremerton, WA Transit agency Northwest County Urbanized Unreported 305 Mason County Transit Shelton, WA Transit agency Northwest Places of employment Rural Unreported Unavailable Metro Transit Minneapolis, MN Transit agency Midwest Region Major metropolitan 30,000 in database 960 Metropolitan Transit Authority (Houston) Houston, TX Transit agency South Region Major metropolitan 7,000 3,078
Metropolitan Transportation Commission Oakland, CA MPO West Region Regional 28,000 in database of rideshare participants N/A Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Washington, DC COG East Region Regional 30,000 (about 19,000 are in ridematching and 11,000 are in Guaranteed Ride Home) N/A Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority/Regional Transportation Authority Nashville, TN Transit agency South Region Urbanized Unreported 388 New Jersey Transit Newark, NJ Transit agency East State Major metropolitan Unreported 5,121 Orange County Transportation Authority Orange, CA MPO West County Urbanized Unreported 1,358 Pace Suburban Bus Arlington Heights, IL Transit agency Midwest Region Urbanized Roughly 5,000 1,774 Pima Association of Governments Tucson, AZ MPO Southwest County Regional 3,540 N/A Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission Woodbridge, VA Transit agency East County Urbanized 600 program applicants 129 Regional Transportation Authority Nashville, TN Transit agency South Region Urbanized Unreported 57 Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) Providence, RI Transit agency Northeast State Urbanized Unreported 308 SalemâKeizer Transit Salem, OR Transit agency Northwest Region Urbanized Roughly 3,000 229 San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit ( BART) Oakland, CA Transit agency West Region Major metropolitan Unreported 669 San Joaquin Council of Governments Stockton, CA COG West Region Regional More than 4,000 registered N/A Santee Wateree Regional Transportation Authority Sumter, SC Transit agency South Region Rural Unreported 76 Space Coast Area Transit (Brevard County) Cocoa, FL Transit agency South County Rural 119 vanpools in program 205 Valley Metro/Regional Public Transportation Authority Phoenix, AZ Transit agency Southwest County Major metropolitan Unreported 680 Votran South Daytona, FL Transit agency South County Urbanized Unreported 161 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Washington, DC Transit agency East Region Major metropolitan Unreported 3,744 *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.
