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The following is a list of local bus agencies in the United States, ranked by ridership . All figures are unlinked passenger trips for the stated time period and come from the Federal Transit Administration 's National Transit Database (NTD).[ 1]
The NTD categorizes ridership data by type of service. The data below shows the sum of all categories with a mode of "bus" for each transit agency. Only the top 100 agencies with the most ridership in 2024 are shown.
Rank
Transit Agency
Urban Area 2023 Annual Ridership
2024 Annual Ridership
1
MTA New York City Bus New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ 614,121,341
694,749,060
2
LACMTA Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 225,409,039
246,020,878
3
CTA Chicago, IL--IN 161,699,361
181,733,617
4
New Jersey Transit New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ 132,991,171
145,753,702
5
SFMTA San Francisco--Oakland, CA 118,248,008
128,639,192
6
MTA Bus New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ 119,571,794
126,616,665
7
WMATA Washington--Arlington, DC--VA--MD 111,663,898
124,553,646
8
SEPTA Philadelphia, PA--NJ--DE--MD 107,189,009
114,723,257
9
MBTA Boston, MA--NH 91,644,053
102,657,622
10
King County Metro Seattle--Tacoma, WA 77,075,344
86,699,513
11
RTC Transit Las Vegas--Henderson--Paradise, NV 57,224,547
63,715,129
12
Miami-Dade Transit Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL 60,116,701
63,003,571
13
METRO Houston, TX 52,741,961
55,394,498
14
MTA Maryland Baltimore, MD 51,328,836
53,660,516
15
Denver RTD Denver--Aurora, CO 43,214,192
44,798,864
16
TriMet Portland, OR--WA 38,683,561
42,368,004
17
TheBus Honolulu, HI 41,235,504
42,254,927
18
AC Transit San Francisco--Oakland, CA 37,900,247
40,623,207
19
OCTA Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 34,535,089
38,040,396
20
MTS San Diego, CA 33,346,926
37,896,753
21
MARTA Atlanta, GA 32,848,939
35,771,939
22
PRT Pittsburgh, PA 35,436,623
33,447,894
23
Metro Transit Minneapolis--St. Paul, MN 30,123,953
31,941,893
24
DART Dallas--Fort Worth--Arlington, TX 28,215,598
31,781,753
25
VIA San Antonio, TX 28,844,499
31,137,205
26
CapMetro Austin, TX 24,641,220
26,347,498
27
MCTS Milwaukee, WI 22,735,042
25,665,100
28
BCT Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL 23,694,258
25,476,548
29
Bee-Line Bus System New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ 21,997,971
24,845,995
30
VTA San Jose, CA 21,411,361
24,259,870
31
UTA Salt Lake City, UT 20,279,580
22,409,691
32
NICE New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ 20,293,586
22,131,986
33
PACE Chicago, IL--IN 19,063,501
21,121,330
34
RTA Cleveland, OH 18,280,915
20,929,133
35
City of Phoenix [ a] Phoenix--Mesa--Scottsdale, AZ 21,083,391
20,731,800
36
LYNX Orlando, FL 18,724,762
19,733,728
37
Ride On Washington--Arlington, DC--VA--MD 16,636,245
19,234,872
38
LBT Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 17,752,052
19,148,453
39
CDTA Albany--Schenectady, NY 15,824,491
18,488,117
40
Sun Tran Tucson, AZ 15,643,906
16,924,090
41
LADOT Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 15,634,186
16,189,545
42
DDOT Detroit, MI 12,093,925
14,068,740
43
NFTA Buffalo, NY 12,996,524
13,676,221
44
Metro Transit St. Louis, MO--IL 12,954,626
13,637,250
45
SORTA Cincinnati, OH--KY 13,083,835
13,578,716
46
RIPTA Providence, RI--MA 12,584,838
13,052,365
47
KCATA Kansas City, MO--KS 12,275,924
12,586,497
48
COTA Columbus, OH 11,526,490
12,349,881
49
CT Transit - Hartford [ b] Hartford, CT 13,943,791
12,313,170
50
GRTC Richmond, VA 10,176,770
12,071,851
51
HART Tampa--St. Petersburg, FL 11,548,329
11,381,269
52
RGRTA Rochester, NY 9,893,223
11,239,151
53
SamTrans San Francisco--Oakland, CA 9,544,034
10,719,863
54
Spokane Transit Authority Spokane, WA 9,403,739
10,661,102
55
MTD Champaign, IL 9,038,382
10,588,693
56
PSTA Tampa--St. Petersburg, FL 10,179,682
10,501,138
57
FAX Fresno, CA 8,973,221
10,285,617
58
SacRT Sacramento, CA 8,948,177
9,964,336
59
NORTA New Orleans, LA 8,955,727
9,750,580
60
Foothill Transit Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 8,452,534
9,743,746
61
RPTA [ c] Phoenix--Mesa--Scottsdale, AZ 8,997,777
9,682,860
62
Palm Tran Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL 8,810,968
9,630,611
63
Big Blue Bus Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 8,264,469
9,408,137
64
Metro Transit Madison, WI 9,514,620
9,297,857
65
Sound Transit Seattle--Tacoma, WA 8,568,134
9,197,467
66
WeGo Public Transit Nashville metropolitan area 8,556,148
9,124,573
67
CATA Lansing, MI 8,079,226
8,962,376
68
CATS Charlotte, NC--SC 8,151,810
8,932,617
69
PVTA Springfield, MA--CT 7,489,166
8,911,654
70
Fairfax Connector Washington--Arlington, DC--VA--MD 8,991,595
8,841,377
71
HRT Virginia Beach--Norfolk, VA 6,469,191
8,608,118
72
Community Transit Seattle--Tacoma, WA 7,146,008
8,426,406
73
Delaware Transit Corporation Philadelphia, PA--NJ--DE--MD 8,046,829
8,380,928
74
ART Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA 8,611,455
8,295,649
75
Centro Syracuse, NY 7,144,393
7,539,167
76
Pierce Transit Seattle--Tacoma, WA 6,792,245
7,497,585
77
SMART Detroit, MI 4,946,593
7,342,408
78
Omnitrans Riverside--San Bernardino, CA 6,502,732
7,258,576
79
ABQ RIDE Albuquerque, NM 4,414,662
5,034,022
80
IndyGo Indianapolis, IN 6,888,880
7,133,338
81
TARC Louisville/Jefferson County, KY--IN 6,652,672
7,053,211
82
GoDurham Durham, NC 6,133,140
6,895,945
83
JTA Jacksonville, FL 6,105,618
6,841,664
84
LTD Eugene, OR 6,551,411
6,678,777
85
The Rapid Grand Rapids, MI 6,171,127
6,537,679
86
RTC Reno, NV--CA 5,919,694
6,479,683
87
Sun Metro El Paso, TX--NM 6,297,801
6,365,593
88
RTA Dayton, OH 6,578,178
6,240,533
89
RTA Riverside--San Bernardino, CA 5,583,921
5,995,552
90
CT Transit - New Haven [ d] New Haven, CT 6,465,559
5,976,062
91
DASH (bus) Washington--Arlington, DC--VA--MD 5,021,564
5,591,172
92
Gainesville RTS Gainesville, FL 5,318,298
5,471,980
93
Trinity Metro Dallas--Fort Worth--Arlington, TX 5,003,070
5,373,919
94
AAATA Ann Arbor, MI 4,786,050
5,372,264
95
NCTD San Diego, CA 4,802,515
5,364,629
96
METRO RTA Akron, OH 4,324,674
5,341,634
97
GoRaleigh Raleigh, NC 5,058,937
5,166,716
98
CATA State College, PA 5,012,080
5,100,982
99
WRTA Worcester, MA--CT 4,414,662
5,034,022
94
CyRide Ames, IA 4,443,045
4,904,036
100
GBT Bridgeport--Stamford, CT--NY 4,492,306
4,965,694
^ Valley Metro is operated by both the City of Phoenix and the Regional Public Transportation Authority. This row is for the City of Phoenix.
^ CT Transit operates under five divisions. This row is just for the Hartford division.
^ Valley Metro is operated by both the City of Phoenix and the Regional Public Transportation Authority. This row is just for the Regional Public Transportation Authority.
^ CT Transit operates under five divisions. This row is just for the New Haven division.
