1 | Measure | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
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2 | Total Transit Boardings | 112,766,270 | 115,408,039 | 118,629,372 | 120,950,923 | 121,842,970 | 122,387,443 | 123,114,620 | 122,446,992 | 123,597,050 | 58,392,349 | 51,342,342 | 64,676,288 | |
3 | Motor Bus(1) | 90,643,535 | 94,749,153 | 97,850,800 | 99,704,309 | 101,511,369 | 101,050,734 | 101,416,165 | 101,724,339 | 103,527,532 | 48,865,809 | 42,112,037 | 53,503,564 | |
4 | Trolley Bus(2) | 20,581,974 | 18,970,601 | 19,008,029 | 19,464,383 | 18,769,283 | 18,999,529 | 19,339,147 | 19,252,872 | 17,371,389 | 8,385,162 | 7,976,186 | 9,575,042 | |
5 | DART(3) | 826,356 | 939,664 | 1,009,610 | 1,074,519 | 940,099 | 978,883 | 941,801 | 940,391 | 834,720 | 391,935 | 424,166 | 480,077 | |
6 | South Lake Union Streetcar | 714,405 | 748,621 | 760,933 | 707,712 | 622,219 | 1,358,297 | 1,417,507 | 529,390 | 1,863,409 | 749,443 | 829,953 | 1,117,605 | |
7 | RapidRide (included in motor bus, above)(4) | 2,900,842 | 5,717,274 | 10,055,609 | 15,852,355 | 18,080,461 | 19,857,402 | 20,699,185 | 20,816,444 | 20,180,109 | 10,944,833 | 10,400,231 | 9,465,951 | |
8 | Total Transit Passenger Miles | 479,927,292 | 493,304,631 | 523,856,631 | 533,465,835 | 534,374,653 | 520,365,430 | 521,530,398 | 542,202,604 | 510,682,907 | 228,506,363 | 190,653,337 | 232,274,464 | |
9 | Motor Bus | 439,070,576 | 454,591,520 | 484,205,078 | 493,327,764 | 496,404,999 | 480,196,177 | 480,141,778 | 502,807,522 | 473,228,334 | 210,354,213 | 173,679,796 | 211,617,698 | |
10 | Trolley Bus | 37,660,654 | 34,558,979 | 35,187,039 | 35,310,720 | 33,642,737 | 34,676,186 | 36,445,193 | 34,367,474 | 32,207,119 | 15,704,827 | 14,349,255 | 17,545,751 | |
11 | DART(3) | 2,564,257 | 3,506,723 | 3,810,983 | 4,233,247 | 3,804,029 | 3,937,786 | 3,386,876 | 3,171,300 | 3,219,577 | 1,514,647 | 1,631,439 | 1,841,319 | |
12 | South Lake Union Streetcar | 631,805 | 647,409 | 653,531 | 594,104 | 522,888 | 1,555,281 | 1,556,551 | 1,856,308 | 2,027,877 | 932,676 | 992,847 | 1,269,696 | |
13 | Total Transit Vehicle Hours | 3,541,958 | 3,604,479 | 3,613,783 | 3,608,670 | 3,633,663 | 3,891,994 | 3,998,828 | 4,162,787 | 4,294,118 | 3,855,681 | 3,762,747 | 3,294,900 | |
14 | Motor Bus | 3,010,633 | 3,088,533 | 3,079,797 | 3,073,420 | 3,106,165 | 3,290,525 | 3,392,311 | 3,548,871 | 3,719,681 | 3,368,003 | 3,205,418 | 2,781,612 | |
15 | Trolley Bus | 436,017 | 412,484 | 430,869 | 430,838 | 426,693 | 465,872 | 482,638 | 487,585 | 441,433 | 380,114 | 428,525 | 392,391 | |
16 | DART(3) | 83,660 | 91,634 | 91,039 | 92,081 | 88,499 | 95,008 | 82,250 | 82,498 | 88,985 | 77,140 | 90,433 | 83,548 | |
17 | South Lake Union Streetcar | 11,648 | 11,828 | 12,078 | 12,331 | 12,306 | 40,589 | 41,629 | 43,833 | 44,019 | 30,424 | 38,371 | 37,349 | |
18 | Total Transit Vehicle Miles | 44,703,126 | 44,933,700 | 44,695,239 | 44,293,785 | 43,783,942 | 45,871,069 | 46,533,513 | 48,292,144 | 49,373,574 | 42,454,928 | 41,687,894 | 33,632,396 | |
19 | Motor Bus | 40,524,790 | 40,770,256 | 40,368,618 | 39,865,629 | 39,444,808 | 41,037,935 | 41,850,492 | 43,602,078 | 45,147,292 | 38,870,415 | 37,443,660 | 29,908,625 | |
20 | Trolley Bus | 3,050,093 | 2,847,970 | 2,957,234 | 2,970,882 | 2,952,113 | 3,194,807 | 3,282,487 | 3,271,438 | 2,777,247 | 2,530,256 | 2,870,606 | 2,635,705 | |
21 | DART(3) | 1,066,150 | 1,252,620 | 1,305,753 | 1,395,417 | 1,326,685 | 1,443,318 | 1,203,342 | 1,207,058 | 1,239,819 | 902,132 | 1,179,709 | 907,697 | |
22 | South Lake Union Streetcar | 62,093 | 62,854 | 63,634 | 61,857 | 60,336 | 195,009 | 197,192 | 211,570 | 209,216 | 152,125 | 193,919 | 180,369 | |
23 | Bus Boardings per Vehicle Hour | 31.7 | 31.9 | 32.7 | 33.4 | 33.5 | 31.4 | 30.7 | 29.7 | 29.1 | 15.3 | 13.6 | 19.6 | |
24 | Passenger Miles per Vehicle Mile | 10.7 | 11.0 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 12.2 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 6.9 | |
25 | Total Bus Operating Cost(5) | $457,207,387 | $487,456,118 | $501,701,574 | $512,338,776 | $517,540,915 | $542,505,910 | $596,452,121 | $631,938,995 | $690,416,110 | $714,433,946 | $1,360,894,184 | $755,851,937 | |
26 | Bus Cost per Hour | $129.51 | $135.68 | $139.30 | $142.46 | $142.91 | $140.86 | $151.33 | $154.26 | $161.87 | $186.77 | $409.92 | $232.03 | |
27 | Bus Cost per Mile | $10.24 | $10.86 | $11.24 | $11.58 | $11.84 | $11.88 | $12.92 | $13.22 | $14.04 | $16.89 | $39.40 | $22.60 | |
28 | Bus Cost per Boarding | $4.08 | $4.25 | $4.26 | $4.27 | $4.27 | $4.49 | $4.92 | $5.20 | $5.67 | $12.39 | $26.94 | $11.89 | |
29 | Bus Cost per Passenger Mile | $0.95 | $0.99 | $0.96 | $0.96 | $0.97 | $1.05 | $1.15 | $1.18 | $1.36 | $3.14 | $7.18 | $3.27 | |
30 | Bus Fare Revenue(5) | $128,629,655 | $141,272,025 | $145,979,558 | $156,106,653 | $159,372,351 | $163,103,305 | $163,438,438 | $166,252,485 | $166,409,300 | $49,371,848 | $48,471,926 | $66,998,386 | |
31 | Bus Farebox Recovery | 28.1% | 29.0% | 29.1% | 30.5% | 30.8% | 30.1% | 27.3% | 26.2% | 24.1% | 6.9% | 3.6% | 8.9% | |
32 | Sales Tax Revenue | $399,811,745 | $408,168,836 | $437,648,602 | $472,881,315 | $517,148,135 | $518,244,605 | $594,024,802 | $652,299,024 | $686,119,838 | $637,425,482 | $749,616,485 | $825,036,274 | |
34 | Commuter Van Boardings(6) | 3,122,742 | 3,442,589 | 3,523,813 | 3,414,783 | 3,561,397 | 3,540,537 | 3,626,422 | 3,496,799 | 3,300,186 | 1,084,802 | 512,160 | 702,709 | |
35 | Commuter Van Cost per Boarding | $3.19 | $3.09 | $3.02 | $3.01 | $2.50 | $2.55 | $2.68 | $2.98 | $3.06 | $7.74 | $13.38 | $11.74 | |
36 | Paratransit Boardings(7) | 1,557,172 | 1,508,958 | 1,506,461 | 1,449,788 | 1,366,606 | 1,329,465 | 1,315,866 | 1,373,509 | 1,412,190 | 800,669 | 827,017 | 895,501 | |
37 | Access Service Hours | 701,890 | 686,658 | 680,837 | 633,459 | 594,995 | 609,786 | 635,259 | 669,349 | 692,233 | 416,969 | 420,696 | 460,539 | |
38 | Access Boardings per Hour | 1.74 | 1.70 | 1.70 | 1.68 | 1.65 | 1.58 | 1.51 | 1.54 | 1.30 | 1.54 | 1.43 | 1.64 | |
39 | Access Cost per Boarding | $42.11 | $44.44 | $45.89 | $49.06 | $52.88 | $55.75 | $60.63 | $62.74 | $69.75 | $98.78 | $94.68 | $82.42 | |
40 | Accidents per Million Miles(8) | 31.5 | 33.0 | 32.0 | 33.0 | 35.1 | 36.1 | 39.7 | 41.2 | 25.8 | 24.0 | 31.1 | ||
41 | Preventable Accidents per Million Miles(8) | 9.2 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.1 | 12.7 | 8.6 | 7.2 | 9.6 | ||
42 | Operator Assaults | 86 | 107 | 100 | 78 | 77 | 83 | 81 | 82 | 62 | 51 | 50 | ||
43 | Passenger Assaults(9) | 39 | 50 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 25 | 20 | 22 | ||
44 | Bus weekday on-time performance(10) | 75.7% | 76.3% | 77.6% | 76.0% | 74.3% | 76.2% | 77.1% | 77.8% | 76.8% | 79.1% | 79.5% | ||
45 | Access on-time performance | 90.5% | 89.7% | 89.6% | 89.1% | 89.3% | 86.4% | 90.2% | 89.7% | 94.1% | 95.4% | 93.2% | 86.5% | |
46 | Complaints per million boardings | 152 | 165 | 152 | 136 | 153 | 174 | 177 | 176 | 203 | 259 | 362 | ||
47 | Overall rider satisfaction(11) | 91% | 88% | 85% | 90% | 88% | 92% | -- | 90% | 89% | 89% | 87% | 83% | |
48 | Miles between trouble calls | 5,701 | 5,185 | 5,477 | 5,289 | 5,135 | 4,974 | 5,089 | 5,090 | 5,287 | 5,562 | 5,052 | 4,984 | |
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50 | (1) Includes special events ridership; some of the special event ridership shown here is not included in the National Transit Database. | |||||||||||||
51 | (2) Prior to 2008, did not account for trips scheduled to have trolley but had diesel substitution. They were treated as having trolley ridership. | |||||||||||||
52 | (3) 2017 data excludes the Community Connections routes that are not reported in the National Transit Database. | |||||||||||||
53 | (4) 2014-2016 ridership is restated from earlier reports to be consistent with the methodology of the other years' ridership. | |||||||||||||
54 | (5) National Transit Database definitions of costs and fares. | |||||||||||||
55 | (6) The ridership estimation methodology was revised in 2014, which reduced the reported ridership by about 7%. | |||||||||||||
56 | (7) Access, Community Access Transportation (CAT) and the Taxi Overflow Program. | |||||||||||||
57 | (8) The methodology was updated in 2020. | |||||||||||||
58 | (9) The methodology was updated in 2014. | |||||||||||||
59 | (10) Prior to 2010, a different methodology was used. | |||||||||||||
60 | (11) From annual telephone survey of riders; includes responses of "very satisfied" and "somewhat satisfied." No survey was conducted in 2017. |