2006 Metro Transit Facts
Updated Nov. 14, 2007, with figures from 2006.
Metro Transit Services | |
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Rider Information | |
Phone | 206-553-3000 |
TTY | 206-684-1739 |
Transportation community relations | |
Phone | 206-684-1162 |
TTY Relay | 711 |
Metro Online | transit.metrokc.gov |
General Manager | Kevin Desmond |
General information (2006 year-end) | |
Area served (square miles) | 2,134 |
Population served | 1,826,700 |
Diesel coaches | 913 |
Trolley coaches | 162 |
Dual Power (electric/diesel) | 0 |
Hybrid coaches | 214 |
Other buses (inactive) | 111 |
Vanpool vans | |
Groups in operation | 801 |
Available for groups | 28 |
Transit vans (Diesel) | 35 |
Paratransit vans | 291 |
Metro Transit and Sound Transit bus service | |
Bus drivers (full- and part-time) | 2,678 |
Passenger boardings | 109,388,007 |
Platform hours | 3,705,819 |
Platform miles | 47,745,497 |
Boardings per service hour | 29.0 |
Miles per trouble call | 4,553 |
Diesel fuel used (gallons) | 11,157,396 |
Metro Transit only bus service | |
Passenger boardings | 103,242,414 |
Platform hours | 3,389,721 |
Platform miles | 42,277,283 |
Boardings per service hour | 29.9 |
Electricity used (kwh) | 15,791,529 |
Other Metro Transit service | |
Vanpool ridership | 1,965,742 |
Paratransit ridership | 1,168,970 |
Metro Transit Employee Information | |
Total employees | 4,291 |
Non-driver employees | 1,613 |
Financial information (2006 year-end) | |
Operating expense (excluding Sound Transit and other funds) | $433,108,247 |
Operations revenue | $87,929,462 |
Bus operating cost per boarding | $3.66 |
Bus operations revenue per boarding | $0.81 |
Transit facilities | |
Bus stops (zones) | 9,518 |
Transit centers | 10 |
Park-and-ride lots used by Metro | 126 |
Park-and-ride lot stalls | 23,377 |
Stops with passenger shelters | 1,392 |
Passenger shelters with murals | 783 |
High-occupancy-vehicle lanes used by Metro (miles) | 244.52 |
Trolley overhead—two-way wire (street miles) | >69 |
Transit bases | 7 |
Downtown Seattle transit tunnel (closed 9/2005-9/2007) | |
Length | 1.3 miles |
Stations | 5 |
Elderly and disabled riders program | |
Paratransit boardings | 1,168,970 |
Access van passenger trips | 1,128,496 |
Taxi passenger trips | 40,474 |
Accessible coaches | 1,434 |
Accessible routes | 222 |
Wheelchair-accessible bus stops | 7,200 |
Access vans | 291 |
Ridematch program | |
Rideshare Online | Home page visits | 267,324 |
Logon sessions | 81,772 |
New ridematch customers | 17,570 |
New pool match for existing ridematch clients | 14,923 |
VanPool program | |
Passenger boardings | 1,965,742 |
Vehicle miles | 9,853,822 |
Vanpool vans in service | 801 |
Direct operating cost | |
Per van mile | $0.37 |
Per passenger trip | $1.83 |
All statistics are from the King County Metro Transit 2006 Annual Management Report.
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Last update: November 20, 2007