Rural Transit Fact Book 2017

This Fact Book provides information on transit service availability and cost to help the transit industry in the United States provide efficient and effective service to meet rural community mobility needs. Financial and operating statistics can be used by agency managers, local decision makers, state directors, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), and lawmakers to assist in policy making, planning, managing operations, and evaluating performance. The Rural Transit Fact Book serves as a national resource for statistics and information on rural transit in America. This publication includes rural demographic and travel behavior data as well as financial and operating statistics for agencies receiving section 5311 funding. In addition to national level data, statistics are presented by state, FTA region, tribe, and mode, as well as other agency characteristics. The rural transit data presented in this report were obtained from the Rural National Transit Database (NTD). This 2017 edition includes 2015 data from the Rural NTD as well as additional data from the American Community Survey, American Housing Survey, and National Household Travel Survey.

• Record URL:
  • http://surlc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2017-rural-transit-fact-book.pdf
• Record URL:
  • https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=1015
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• Corporate Authors:

  North Dakota State University, Fargo

  Small Urban and Rural Transit Center
  Fargo, ND  United States  58108-6050

  Department of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Mattson, Jeremy
• Publication Date: 2017-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Glossary; Maps; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 60p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demographics; Financing; Operating costs; Performance measurement; Public transit; Ridership; Rural areas; Rural transit; Travel behavior; Trend (Statistics); Vehicle fleets
• Identifier Terms: Rural National Transit Database
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Finance; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01652113
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SURLC 17-007
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 29 2017 9:28AM