List of United States local bus agencies by ridership


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 American Public Transportation Association's Quarterly "Public Transportation Ridership Reports".

APTA List

These figures are from the largest bus agencies ridership table in the American Public Transportation Association's Quarterly "Public Transportation Ridership Reports". APTA categorizes large bus agencies as those which operate in urbanized areas of more than one million inhabitants and operate 300 or more peak hour buses.
Rank by 2019 Annual RidershipAgencyPrimary City2019 Annual RidershipAverage Weekday Ridership Notes
1MTANew York City732,636,8002,259,100
2LACMTALos Angeles278,109,900865,600
3CTAChicago237,276,500760,200
4MuniSan Francisco159,331,200502,000
5New Jersey TransitNewark150,997,300Not Available
6SEPTAPhiladelphia142,043,800508,400
7King County MetroSeattle121,300,300399,600
8MBTABoston116,372,700391,000
9WMATAWashington, D.C.105,469,800340,100
10RTDDenver69,870,300265,200
11MTA MarylandBaltimore67,925,700270,600
12METROHouston67,353,100224,000
13RTC TransitLas Vegas65,266,100200,200
14TriMetPortland57,373,500186,000
15Port AuthorityPittsburgh54,832,800Not Available
16AC TransitOakland53,883,900215,500
17Metro TransitMinneapolis51,860,100171,600
18MARTAAtlanta50,018,300Not Available
19Miami-Dade TransitMiami49,909,700163,500
20MTSSan Diego48,032,200163,000
21DARTDallas38,598,500124,200
22OCTAOrange County37,292,500119,800
23VIASan Antonio35,350,10080,900
24Valley MetroPhoenix33,222,500108,300
25VTASan Jose27,367,40092,000
26MCTSMilwaukee26,447,30086,100
27PACEArlington Heights 26,186,000112,200
28GCRTACleveland24,757,40082,100
29LBTLong Beach23,132,80075,800
30DDOTDetroit22,680,000Not Available
31LYNXOrlando22,536,60068,700
32Metro TransitSt. Louis22,492,70070,200
33Ride OnRockville
20,717,70068,500
34COTAColumbus, OH19,145,10061,500
35SORTACincinnati13,245,10046,300
36Big Blue BusSanta Monica12,823,30043,500
37Hampton Roads TransitNorfolk10,660,60033,200

Other Large Systems

The APTA largest bus agencies table excludes many large bus agencies in the United States. Below is a list of other bus agencies with more than 10 million unlinked passenger trips from the APTA Quarterly Report that are not found in the largest agencies table.
AgencyPrimary City2019 Annual RidershipAverage Weekday Ridership
TheBusHonolulu60,369,200184,800
Capital MetroAustin29,365,40094,700
CT Transit Hartford26,135,200Not Available
UTASalt Lake City20,303,00072,600
NFTA Buffalo19,994,40069,900
Sound TransitSeattle17,435,90058,100
CDTA Albany15,153,30051,200
RGRTA Rochester14,441,20048,000
Sun TranTucson13,796,80046,000
Metro Transit Madison12,856,50049,300
CATSCharlotte12,659,90042,000
Sun MetroEl Paso12,304,50033,600
KCATA Kansas City12,164,80038,700
HART Tampa11,938,00039,000
Foothill Transit West Covina 11,751,80038,700
PSTA St. Petersburg11,654,50036,200
Champaign-Urbana MTD Champaign/Urbana11,231,60044,600
Samtrans San Carlos 10,808,00037,400
CATALansing10,684,90044,800
Fresno Area ExpressFresno10,648,70035,100
OmnitransSan Bernardino10,540,00035,200
TARC Louisville10,172,30059,300
Community Transit Everett 10,078,20036,100
Sacramento RTSacramento10,029,00037,800
STASpokane10,018,40038,900
Interurban Transit PartnershipGrand Rapids10,012,00038,100