Rural Transit Fact Book
Attribution: AvgeekJoe on FlickrPublic transportation plays a fundamental role in the livability of all communities. Information on transit service availability and cost is necessary to efficiently and effectively meet rural community mobility needs. Financial and operating statistics can be used by agency managers, local decision makers, state directors, the FTA, and lawmakers to assist in policy making, planning, managing operations, and evaluating performance. Despite the widespread benefits, no regularly-published national rural transit information resource has been previously made available. The Rural Transit Fact Book is being initiated to provide information to assist the transit industry in the United States provide efficient and effective service to rural communities.
The intent of the Rural Transit Fact Book is to serve as a national resource for statistics and information on rural transit in America. This publication includes rural demographic and travel behavior data as well as financial and operating statistics for agencies receiving section 5311 funding. In addition to national level data, statistics are presented by state, FTA region, tribe, and mode, as well as other agency characteristics.
The Rural Transit Fact Book uses agency level data from the Rural National Transit Database (NTD) and rural demographic and travel data from the American Community Survey and the National Household Travel Survey.
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- Rural Transit Fact Book, 2022 (PDF, 5736K)
- Rural Transit Fact Book, 2021 (PDF, 6417K)
- Rural Transit Fact Book, 2020 (PDF, 8079K)
- Rural Transit Fact Book, 2017 (PDF, 6566K)
- Rural Transit Fact Book, 2016 (PDF, 2381K)
- Rural Transit Fact Book, 2015 (PDF, 4830K)
- Rural Transit Fact Book, 2014 (PDF, 6100K)
- Rural Transit Fact Book, 2013 (PDF, 7349K)
- Rural Transit Fact Book, 2012 (PDF, 2410K)
- Rural Transit Fact Book, 2011 (PDF, 4560K)
Questions?
For more information on the Rural Transit Fact Book please contact Jeremy Mattson at jeremy.w.mattson@ndsu.edu or (701)231-5496.
