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Busiest Municipal Bus Systems in the U.S.

Can you guess the cities with the municipal bus systems with the greatest ridership? (included systems have ridership >10 million/year pre-COVID)
Source (2019)
Some counties have multiple agencies serving them.
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Last updated: January 14, 2023
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Rank
Ridership
Answer
1
732,636,800
MTA, New York City
2
278,109,900
LACMTA, Los Angeles
3
237,276,500
CTA, Chicago
4
159,331,200
Muni, San Francisco
5
150,997,300
New Jersey Transit, Newark
6
142,043,800
SEPTA, Philadelphia
7
121,300,300
King County Metro, Seattle
8
116,372,700
MBTA, Boston
9
105,469,800
WMATA, Washington D.C.
10
69,870,300
RTD, Denver
11
67,925,700
MTA Maryland, Baltimore
12
67,353,100
METRO, Houston
13
65,266,100
RTC Transit, Las Vegas
14
60,369,200
TheBus, Honolulu
15
57,373,500
TriMet, Portland
16
57,373,500
Port Authority, Pittsburgh
17
53,883,900
AC Transit, Alameda County (Oakland)
18
51,860,100
Metro Transit, Minneapolis
19
50,018,300
MARTA, Atlanta
20
49,909,700
Miami-Dade Transit, Miami
21
48,032,200
MTS, San Diego
22
38,598,500
DART, Dallas
23
37,292,500
OCTA, Orange County
24
35,350,100
VIA, San Antonio
25
33,222,500
Valley Metro, Phoenix
26
29,365,400
Capital Metro, Austin
27
27,367,400
VTA, Santa Clara County (San Jose)
28
26,447,300
MCTS, Milwaukee
29
26,186,000
PACE, Arlington Heights (Chicago)
30
26,135,200
CT Transit, Hartford
31
24,757,400
GCRTA, Cleveland
32
24,145,334
NICE, Nassau County (Hempstead, New York)
Rank
Ridership
Answer
33
23,132,800
LBT, Long Beach (Los Angeles County)
34
22,680,000
DDOT, Detroit
35
22,536,600
LYNX, Orlando
36
22,492,700
Metro Transit, St. Louis
37
20,717,700
Ride On, Montgomery County (Washington D.C.)
38
20,303,000
UTA, Salt Lake City
39
19,994,400
NFTA, Buffalo
40
19,145,100
COTA, Columbus
41
17,435,900
Sound Transit, Seattle
42
15,153,300
CDTA, Albany
43
14,441,200
RGRTA, Rochester
44
13,796,800
Sun Tran, Tucson
45
13,245,100
SORTA, Cleveland
46
12,856,500
Metro Transit, Madison
47
12,823,300
Big Blue Bus, Santa Monica (Los Angeles)
48
12,659,900
CATS, Charlotte
49
12,304,500
Sun Metro, El Paso
50
12,164,800
KCTA, Kansas City
51
11,938,000
HART, Tampa
52
11,751,800
Foothill Transit, east Los Angeles County
53
11,654,500
PSTA, St. Petersburg
54
11,231,600
Champaign-Urbana MTD, Champaign/Urbana
55
10,808,000
Samtrans, San Mateo County (San Francisco Bay Area)
56`
10,684,900
CATA, Lansing
57
10,660,600
Hampton Roads Transit, Norfolk
58
10,648,700
Fresno Area Express, Fresno
59
10,540,000
Omnitrans, San Bernardino
60
10,172,300
TARC, Louisville
61
10,078,200
Community Transit, Everett
62
10,029,000
Sacramento RT, Sacramento
63
10,018,400
STA, Spokane
64
10,012,000
Interurban Transit Partnership, Grand Rapids
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