Modes of Transportation

1980 to 2002 Ridership

** Note:     In the 1980 US Census, some suburban population areas were reclassified as urban areas. As a result, the transit systems serving these areas were then required to begin submitting yearly operating data to the National Transit Database - many of these began reporting in 1983.

Three year data decline in transit agencies serving downtown Seattle can be attributed to the construction of the Downtown Metro Bus Tunnel beginning in 1987.  The Bus Tunnel extends 1.3 miles from the International District to the Convention Place Station.

View Urban Fixed Route Ridership Data Spreadsheet

Source Website:   National Transit Database

                              http://www.fta.dot.gov/ntl/database.html

Source Data:         NTD Data from 1993 to 2000 on the Internet

                              http://www.fta.dot.gov/ntl/database.html

Source Data:         NTD Data from 1980 to 1993 from Library

                              WSDOT Transportation Library

                              http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/hq/library/

                              Washington State Library

                              http://www.statelib.wa.gov/

                              National Urban Mass Transportation Statistics,

                              Section 15 Annual Report, US Department of Transportation, TD 7.11/2:988

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See also: Urban Fixed Route