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2010 Metro Transit Facts

(Year-end 2009 figures*)

Metro Transit Services
Customer Information
Phone 206-553-3000
TTY Relay 711
Transportation communications
Phone 206-684-1162
TTY Relay 711
Metro Online www.kingcounty.gov/metro
General Manager Kevin Desmond
General information (2009 year-end)
Area served (square miles) 2,134
Population served 1,909,300
Metro buses and vans
Diesel buses 906
Trolley buses 157
Hybrid buses 250
Other buses (training and inactive) 95
Transit vans (diesel) 21
Streetcars
Waterfront Streetcar (inactive) 5
South Lake Union Streetcar 3
Commuter vans
Groups in operation 1,088
Available for groups 92
Paratransit vans 354
Transit service
Metro Transit and Sound Transit
Passenger boardings, including South Lake Union Streetcar (est.) 119,936,272
Vehicle hours 3,911,305
Vehicle miles 50,657,430
Boardings per vehicle hour 30.7
Miles per trouble call 5,631
Diesel fuel used (gallons) 10,495,117
Metro Transit only
Passenger boardings, including South Lake Union Streetcar (est.) 111,717,152
Vehicle hours 3,560,245
Vehicle miles 44,555,440
Boardings per vehicle hour 31.4
Electricity used (kwh) 17,487,655
Commuter van program (Vanpool & Vanshare)
Passenger boardings (est.) 3,172,678
Vehicle miles 11,802,532
Direct operating cost
Per vehicle mile $0.38
Per passenger trip $1.41
Elderly and disabled riders program
Note: All of Metro’s regular buses and routes are wheelchair-accessible. Metro also offers Access paratransit service for riders who are disabled and cannot use our regular accessible bus service.
Paratransit boardings 1,154,247
Access van passenger trips 1,119,927
Taxi passenger trips 34,320
Ridematch program
Rideshare Online
Home page visits 275,715
Logon sessions 64,705
New ridematch customers 13,575
New matches for existing customers 12,854
Metro employees
Total employees 4,446
Bus drivers (full- and part-time) 2,717
Non-driver employees 1,729
Financial information (2009 year-end)
Operating expense (excluding Sound Transit and other funds) $498,204,434
Operations revenue $124,602,640
Bus operating cost per boarding $3.92
Bus operations revenue per boarding $1.05
Transit facilities
Bus stops 9,590
Bus stops with passenger shelters 1,670
Passenger shelters with murals 845
Bus stops, wheelchair-accessible 7,366
Transit centers 13
Park-and-rides used by Metro 130
Park-and-ride stalls 25,126
High-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes used by Metro (miles) 247.72
Trolley overhead—two-way wire (street miles) >69
Transit bases 7
Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel
Length (miles) 1.3
Stations 5
South Lake Union Streetcar
Length of route, each way (miles) 1.3
Stops with passenger shelters 11

* All statistics are from the King County Metro Transit 2009 Annual Management Report (132KB PDF), available with other documents on Metro’s Reports & Publications page.

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