List of United States local bus agencies

The following is a list of local bus agencies in the United States, ranked by ridership. All figures are unlinked passenger trips for the stated time period and come from the Federal Transit Administration's National Transit Database (NTD).^[1]

List

The NTD categorizes ridership data by type of service. The data below shows the sum of all categories with a mode of "bus" for each transit agency. Only the top 100 agencies with the most ridership in 2024 are shown.

Rank	Transit Agency	Urban Area	2023 Annual Ridership	2024 Annual Ridership
1	MTA New York City Bus	New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ	614,121,341	694,749,060
2	LACMTA	Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA	225,409,039	246,020,878
3	CTA	Chicago, IL--IN	161,699,361	181,733,617
4	New Jersey Transit	New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ	132,991,171	145,753,702
5	SFMTA	San Francisco--Oakland, CA	118,248,008	128,639,192
6	MTA Bus	New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ	119,571,794	126,616,665
7	WMATA	Washington--Arlington, DC--VA--MD	111,663,898	124,553,646
8	SEPTA	Philadelphia, PA--NJ--DE--MD	107,189,009	114,723,257
9	MBTA	Boston, MA--NH	91,644,053	102,657,622
10	King County Metro	Seattle--Tacoma, WA	77,075,344	86,699,513
11	RTC Transit	Las Vegas--Henderson--Paradise, NV	57,224,547	63,715,129
12	Miami-Dade Transit	Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL	60,116,701	63,003,571
13	METRO	Houston, TX	52,741,961	55,394,498
14	MTA Maryland	Baltimore, MD	51,328,836	53,660,516
15	Denver RTD	Denver--Aurora, CO	43,214,192	44,798,864
16	TriMet	Portland, OR--WA	38,683,561	42,368,004
17	TheBus	Honolulu, HI	41,235,504	42,254,927
18	AC Transit	San Francisco--Oakland, CA	37,900,247	40,623,207
19	OCTA	Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA	34,535,089	38,040,396
20	MTS	San Diego, CA	33,346,926	37,896,753
21	MARTA	Atlanta, GA	32,848,939	35,771,939
22	PRT	Pittsburgh, PA	35,436,623	33,447,894
23	Metro Transit	Minneapolis--St. Paul, MN	30,123,953	31,941,893
24	DART	Dallas--Fort Worth--Arlington, TX	28,215,598	31,781,753
25	VIA	San Antonio, TX	28,844,499	31,137,205
26	CapMetro	Austin, TX	24,641,220	26,347,498
27	MCTS	Milwaukee, WI	22,735,042	25,665,100
28	BCT	Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL	23,694,258	25,476,548
29	Bee-Line Bus System	New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ	21,997,971	24,845,995
30	VTA	San Jose, CA	21,411,361	24,259,870
31	UTA	Salt Lake City, UT	20,279,580	22,409,691
32	NICE	New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ	20,293,586	22,131,986
33	PACE	Chicago, IL--IN	19,063,501	21,121,330
34	RTA	Cleveland, OH	18,280,915	20,929,133
35	City of Phoenix[a]	Phoenix--Mesa--Scottsdale, AZ	21,083,391	20,731,800
36	LYNX	Orlando, FL	18,724,762	19,733,728
37	Ride On	Washington--Arlington, DC--VA--MD	16,636,245	19,234,872
38	LBT	Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA	17,752,052	19,148,453
39	CDTA	Albany--Schenectady, NY	15,824,491	18,488,117
40	Sun Tran	Tucson, AZ	15,643,906	16,924,090
41	LADOT	Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA	15,634,186	16,189,545
42	DDOT	Detroit, MI	12,093,925	14,068,740
43	NFTA	Buffalo, NY	12,996,524	13,676,221
44	Metro Transit	St. Louis, MO--IL	12,954,626	13,637,250
45	SORTA	Cincinnati, OH--KY	13,083,835	13,578,716
46	RIPTA	Providence, RI--MA	12,584,838	13,052,365
47	KCATA	Kansas City, MO--KS	12,275,924	12,586,497
48	COTA	Columbus, OH	11,526,490	12,349,881
49	CT Transit - Hartford[b]	Hartford, CT	13,943,791	12,313,170
50	GRTC	Richmond, VA	10,176,770	12,071,851
51	HART	Tampa--St. Petersburg, FL	11,548,329	11,381,269
52	RGRTA	Rochester, NY	9,893,223	11,239,151
53	SamTrans	San Francisco--Oakland, CA	9,544,034	10,719,863
54	Spokane Transit Authority	Spokane, WA	9,403,739	10,661,102
55	MTD	Champaign, IL	9,038,382	10,588,693
56	PSTA	Tampa--St. Petersburg, FL	10,179,682	10,501,138
57	FAX	Fresno, CA	8,973,221	10,285,617
58	SacRT	Sacramento, CA	8,948,177	9,964,336
59	NORTA	New Orleans, LA	8,955,727	9,750,580
60	Foothill Transit	Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA	8,452,534	9,743,746
61	RPTA[c]	Phoenix--Mesa--Scottsdale, AZ	8,997,777	9,682,860
62	Palm Tran	Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL	8,810,968	9,630,611
63	Big Blue Bus	Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA	8,264,469	9,408,137
64	Metro Transit	Madison, WI	9,514,620	9,297,857
65	Sound Transit	Seattle--Tacoma, WA	8,568,134	9,197,467
66	WeGo Public Transit	Nashville metropolitan area	8,556,148	9,124,573
67	CATA	Lansing, MI	8,079,226	8,962,376
68	CATS	Charlotte, NC--SC	8,151,810	8,932,617
69	PVTA	Springfield, MA--CT	7,489,166	8,911,654
70	Fairfax Connector	Washington--Arlington, DC--VA--MD	8,991,595	8,841,377
71	HRT	Virginia Beach--Norfolk, VA	6,469,191	8,608,118
72	Community Transit	Seattle--Tacoma, WA	7,146,008	8,426,406
73	Delaware Transit Corporation	Philadelphia, PA--NJ--DE--MD	8,046,829	8,380,928
74	ART	Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA	8,611,455	8,295,649
75	Centro	Syracuse, NY	7,144,393	7,539,167
76	Pierce Transit	Seattle--Tacoma, WA	6,792,245	7,497,585
77	SMART	Detroit, MI	4,946,593	7,342,408
78	Omnitrans	Riverside--San Bernardino, CA	6,502,732	7,258,576
79	ABQ RIDE	Albuquerque, NM	4,414,662	5,034,022
80	IndyGo	Indianapolis, IN	6,888,880	7,133,338
81	TARC	Louisville/Jefferson County, KY--IN	6,652,672	7,053,211
82	GoDurham	Durham, NC	6,133,140	6,895,945
83	JTA	Jacksonville, FL	6,105,618	6,841,664
84	LTD	Eugene, OR	6,551,411	6,678,777
85	The Rapid	Grand Rapids, MI	6,171,127	6,537,679
86	RTC	Reno, NV--CA	5,919,694	6,479,683
87	Sun Metro	El Paso, TX--NM	6,297,801	6,365,593
88	RTA	Dayton, OH	6,578,178	6,240,533
89	RTA	Riverside--San Bernardino, CA	5,583,921	5,995,552
90	CT Transit - New Haven[d]	New Haven, CT	6,465,559	5,976,062
91	DASH (bus)	Washington--Arlington, DC--VA--MD	5,021,564	5,591,172
92	Gainesville RTS	Gainesville, FL	5,318,298	5,471,980
93	Trinity Metro	Dallas--Fort Worth--Arlington, TX	5,003,070	5,373,919
94	AAATA	Ann Arbor, MI	4,786,050	5,372,264
95	NCTD	San Diego, CA	4,802,515	5,364,629
96	METRO RTA	Akron, OH	4,324,674	5,341,634
97	GoRaleigh	Raleigh, NC	5,058,937	5,166,716
98	CATA	State College, PA	5,012,080	5,100,982
99	WRTA	Worcester, MA--CT	4,414,662	5,034,022
94	CyRide	Ames, IA	4,443,045	4,904,036
100	GBT	Bridgeport--Stamford, CT--NY	4,492,306	4,965,694

See also

• List of bus transit systems in the United States
• List of rapid transit systems
• List of light-rail transit systems
• List of United States light rail systems by ridership
• List of United States rapid transit systems by ridership
• List of suburban and commuter rail systems
• List of United States commuter rail systems by ridership

Notes

1. Valley Metro is operated by both the City of Phoenix and the Regional Public Transportation Authority. This row is for the City of Phoenix.
2. CT Transit operates under five divisions. This row is just for the Hartford division.
3. Valley Metro is operated by both the City of Phoenix and the Regional Public Transportation Authority. This row is just for the Regional Public Transportation Authority.
4. CT Transit operates under five divisions. This row is just for the New Haven division.