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21.7.09
STATISTICS * Australia - Brisbane loves buses
5.7 million passengers up by 7.4 per cent
Brisbane,Queensland,Australia -The Brisbane Times, by Tony Moore-July 21, 2009: -- More than 5.7 million Brisbaneites caught a bus last month, showing a 7.4 per cent growth in bus customer numbers and putting bus popularity at the top ofBrisbane's public transport list...It's a new June record for bus travel in Brisbane, with 5,715,290 passengers - an extra 394,764 from June 2008 - and an extra 236,754 passengers since the previous June record was set in 2006... The biggest single factor behind the rise was the number of extra buses added to Brisbane roads... There are now more than 1030 "Council" buses in Brisbane, up from the 781 on the streets in June 2006... The buses are funded in a partnership between Brisbane City Council (about 40 per cent) and the State Government (about 60 per cent)... (Photo from busaustralia gallery BTVolvo Volgren)
PASSENGERS STATISTICS * USA - PRTC Reports Increased Ridership Numbers
The Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commissionreported Tuesday that its commuter bus and local bus ridership numbers are on the rise Washington,DC,USA -The Washington Post -October 19, 2008: --From July through last month,PRTCcarried more than 560,000 commuters on itsOmniRide buses, a 30 percent increase over the same period last year...Ridership onPRTC's local bus service,OmniLink, rose 9 percent during the same period.The bus system reported carrying more than 270,000 passengers between July and last month...PRTC has added 10 commuter bus trips since May to accommodate the influx in riders. Additional buses are on the horizon...
Auckland,NZ -Stuff.co.nz-22 September 2008: --Aucklanders and Wellingtonians are continuing to switch to public transport, saysInfratil, the parent company ofNZ Bus... In it latest figures the company says that in August Auckland saw an increase of 6 percent across the board from a year ago with over 3.4 million passengers making their journey by bus in the month...The figures come in the wake ofInfratil chief executiveLloyd Morrisontaking a swipe at some Auckland commentators and politicians wanting a return to complete public control of public transport... In 2005 Infratil bought the New Zealand public transport operations of the British company Stagecoach for $250 million...(BUSES POPULAR: Aucklanders and Wellingtonians are continuing to switch to public transport, says Infratil, the parent company of NZ Bus)
* USA - NFTAkeeps packing them in
Buffalo,NY,USA -The Business First of Buffalo/Bizjournals.com (Charlotte,NC,USA), by James Fink-September 22, 2008: --On its most visible fronts, the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authoritycontinues to see major increases in traffic...Passenger counts atBuffalo Niagara International Airportcontinue to rise — despite a national decline in air traffic statistics, and theNFTA’s bus and Metro Rail systemare also showing sharp increases...NFTA officials said, ridership on boththe NFTA’s busroutes and Metro Rail light rapid transit lines continues to surge forward...Bus ridership in August was up 164,597 or 11.1 percent compared with August 2007 while Metro Rail ridership increased 4.8 percent, going from 489,304 riders to 512,547 passengers. Bus passenger count, in hard numbers, rose from 1,480,002 last August to 1,644,599 this year...For the year-to-date, bus ridership is up 8.6 percent, going to 13.96 million this year from 12.86 million last year...
STATISTICS * USA - More people riding buses, trains
Gas prices are up and according to the city so are the numbers for people moving by mass transit
Albuquerque,NM,USA -KRQ, by Bill Diven-7 May 2008: --... The mayor's office said today that bus ridership hit record levels in April for the 32nd consecutive month.ABQ Ride, the city's transit department, reported its buses hauled 916,000 passengers last month. That's 19 percent more than April 2007..."Definitely gas prices have caused people to look at ABQ Ride as a different means of transportation; they've gotten on board,"ABQ Ride director Greg Paynesaid."A lot have stayed on as passengers, but I also think it's different services: Rapid Ride, the expansion to the west side, new park-and-ride facilities, new buses"...
Auckland,New Zealand -Newstalk ZB-14 March 2008: --The number of people taking theNorthern Express bus inAucklandhas reached record highs...There was a 66 percent increase in February compared with the same time last year...The Regional Transport Authoritybelieves the newly opened busway has helped attract more than 82,000 passengers.TheAlbany and Constellation Stationfeeder services are also 40 percent ahead of 2007 figures...
STATISTICS * USA - Area bus systems attract more riders
For only the third time since 1993, riders boarded Kansas City buses at least 15 million times in 2007
Kansas,MO,USA -The Kansas City Star, by BRAD COOPER -29 Jan 2008: -- ... New numbers show that ridership on theMetrowas up 4 percent last year, reaching the 15 million mark for the first time since 2001... The figures show thatKansas City Area Transportation Authorityridership is continuing to rebound after hitting a 35-year low in 2004... Across the state line, suburban Johnson Countysaw astonishing numbers.Ridership there exploded by 32 percent last year, with roughly 389,000 riders boarding buses last year...(Video from YouTube, by bigbaddad99 - October 31, 2007: "Metro Bus Ballet" - Mass transit meets the Bolshoi. Bus fanatic dances with a heard of city buses. October 31, 2007 )
STATISTICS * USA - PMCTA Ridership Up 1 Percent, Mostly On Buses
Chicago,IL,USA -WBBM780 -23 January 2008: --Nearly 500 million rides were taken on the CTA in 2007 -- an increase of 4.7 million or 1 percent -- over 2006 ridership, the agency announced Wednesday. The 499.5 million combined bus and rail rides in 2007 is the highest ridership level since 1992, according to a release from the CTA...Since 1997, the CTA says, it has gained 60 million annual rides...
Surge in ridership attributed to high gas prices, better service, environmental concerns
Albany,NY,USA -The Albany Times Union, by CATHY WOODRUFF -January 2, 2008: --...Capital District Transportation Authority officialssay Close is far from the only customer standing on popular runs in recent months, as factors including higher gas prices, more frequent runs on some routes, and heightened environmental consciousness finally seem to be drawing new riders...For the first time in 20 years,CDTA is on track to see some 13.5 million boardings on its buses during the budget year that will end on March 31...Ridership on regular route buses was up 5 percent in November from November 2006, and it's up 6 percent overall for the fiscal year...In fact, the whole bus system is seeing more extended periods of heavy use beyond traditional rush hours, as retail and restaurant employees and shift workers ride more often, he said...Meanwhile,CDTAofficialssay improved bus maintenance practices have helped reduce bus breakdowns. Better retention of employees also has helped reduce driver shortages...(Photo by Skip Dickstein / Times Union - Commuter Jim Close boards a CDTA bus at Saratoga Village in Malta on Friday, Dec. 28, 2007)
Statistics * Qatar -Number of people using bus growing at fast pace
Doha,Qatar -The Peninsula -30 Aug 2007: --The public transport in Qatar introduced byMowasalathas been growing very fast with the number of passengers on the city buses increasing by about 10 per cent every month, according toAnthony Tallant, director, Mass Transitat the company...The company currently operates 164 city buses in 37 routes, with an addition of about 20 buses during the weekends. On an average, these buses are getting about 450,000 passengers in a week.The number of passengers in a single day goes up to 150,000 during the weekends, saidAnthony, addressing a press conference yesterday... (Photo by mikoykoy - Bus stop at City Centre)
Brisbane,Queensland,Australia -The Brisbane Times, by Tony Moore -July 21, 2009: -- More than 5.7 million Brisbaneites caught a bus last month, showing a 7.4 per cent growth in bus customer numbers and putting bus popularity at the top of Brisbane's public transport list... It's a new June record for bus travel in Brisbane, with 5,715,290 passengers - an extra 394,764 from June 2008 - and an extra 236,754 passengers since the previous June record was set in 2006... The biggest single factor behind the rise was the number of extra buses added to Brisbane roads... There are now more than 1030 "Council" buses in Brisbane, up from the 781 on the streets in June 2006... The buses are funded in a partnership between Brisbane City Council (about 40 per cent) and the State Government (about 60 per cent)... (Photo from busaustralia gallery BTVolvo Volgren)
