2009 Metro Transit Facts
(Year-end 2008 figures)
| Metro Transit Services |
| Customer Information |
| Phone |
206-553-3000 |
| TTY |
206-684-1739 |
| Transportation community relations |
| Phone |
206-684-1162 |
| TTY Relay |
711 |
| Metro Online |
www.kingcounty.gov/metro |
| General Manager |
Kevin Desmond |
| General information (2007 year-end) |
| Area served (square miles) |
2,134 |
| Population served |
1,884,200 |
| Diesel coaches |
907 |
| Trolley coaches |
159 |
| Hybrid coaches |
235 |
| Other buses (inactive) |
54 |
| Vanpool vans |
| Groups in operation |
1,031 |
| Available for groups |
24 |
| Transit vans (Diesel) |
27 |
| Paratransit vans |
287 |
| Metro Transit and Sound Transit bus service |
| Bus drivers (full- and part-time) |
2,694 |
| Passenger boardings (includes South Lake Union Streetcar) |
126,936,630 est. |
| Platform hours |
3,775,312 |
| Platform miles |
49,982,862 |
| Boardings per service hour |
32.9 |
| Miles per trouble call |
5,568 |
| Diesel fuel used (gallons) |
10,229,652 |
| Metro Transit only bus service |
| Passenger boardings (includes South Lake Union Streetcar) |
118,824,795 est. |
| Platform hours |
3,435,032 |
| Platform miles |
43,180,783 |
| Boardings per service hour |
33.8 |
| Electricity used (kwh) |
16,277,945 |
| Other Metro Transit service |
| Vanpool ridership |
2,770,711 est. |
| Paratransit ridership |
1,155,822 |
| Metro Transit Employee Information |
| Total employees |
4,644 |
| Non-driver employees |
1,871 |
| Financial information (2008 year-end) |
| Operating expense (excluding Sound Transit and other funds) |
$501,162,739 |
| Operations revenue |
$110,947,922 |
| Bus operating cost per boarding |
$3.70 |
| Bus operations revenue per boarding |
$0.89 |
| Transit facilities |
| Bus stops (zones) |
9,549 |
| Transit centers |
10 |
| Park-and-ride lots used by Metro |
132 |
| Park-and-ride lot stalls |
24,524 |
| Stops with passenger shelters |
1,536 |
| Passenger shelters with murals |
824 |
| 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 (reopened 9/24/2008) |
| Length |
1.3 miles |
| Stations |
5 |
| Elderly and disabled riders program |
| Paratransit boardings |
1,155,822 |
| Access van passenger trips |
1,121,776 |
| Taxi passenger trips |
34,046 |
| Accessible coaches |
1,443 |
| Accessible routes |
223 |
| Wheelchair-accessible bus stops |
7,318 |
| Access vans |
287 |
| Ridematch program |
| Rideshare Online |
| Home page visits |
456,508 |
| Logon sessions |
109,680 |
| New ridematch customers |
27,022 |
| New pool match for existing ridematch clients |
20,201 |
| VanPool program |
| Passenger boardings |
2,770,711 est. |
| Vehicle miles |
10,793,380 |
| Vanpool vans in service |
1,031 |
| Direct operating cost |
| Per van mile |
$0.44 |
| Per passenger trip |
$1.78 |
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