FIGURE 1 Transit Ridership Trends,,,,, ,"Annual ridership, unlinked trips, all transit modes (millions)",,,, ,"Transit ridership, APTA annual total","Transit ridership, NTD annual total",,, 1987,,"7,866",,, 1988,,"7,812",,, 1989,,"8,099",,, 1990,"8,799","7,966",,, 1991,"8,575","7,738",,, 1992,"8,501","7,696",,, 1993,"8,217","7,433",,, 1994,"7,949","7,702",,, 1995,"7,763","7,504",,, 1996,"7,948","7,565",,, 1997,"8,374","7,982",,, 1998,"8,750","8,115",,, 1999,"9,168","8,523",,, 2000,"9,363","8,720" 2001,"9,653","9,008" 2002,"9,623","9,017" 2003,"9,427","8,876" 2004,"9,604", Sources: See the following websites: http://www.apta.com/research/ stats/ridershp/#A3; http://www.ntdprogram.com/NTD/NTST/2003/ PDFFiles/2003%20National%20Transit%20Summaries%20and%20 Trends%20(NTST).pdf.,,