Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
600 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001

202-962-1000
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The following map illustrates those areas of Washington that have easy access to public transportation. Easy access is defined as no more than a one-half mile walk from a bus route. Bus stop information is ignored. In cases of overlapping transit authorities, the transit system in review is shown in light purple and all other transit systems are shown in yellow. Source: Federal Transit Administration and Synergos Technologies, Inc.

The following tables and charts give a financial and operations overview of the public transportation network in Washington. Source: Federal Transit Administration - National Transit Database (1996-1998) and Synergos Technologies, Inc.

System Wide Information

General Information Service Area Statistics  Square Miles  Population Service Consumption  Annual Passenger Miles  Annual Unlinked Trips  Average Weekday Unlinked Trips  Average Saturday Unlinked Trips  Average Sunday Unlinked Trips Service Supplied  Annual Vehicle Revenue Miles  Annual Vehicle Revenue Hours  Veh. Available for Max. Service  Veh. Operated in Max. Service  Base Period Requirement Financial Information Fare Revenues Earned  Directly Operated  Purchased Transportation    Total Fare Revenues Earned Sources of  Operating Funds Expended  Passenger Fares  Local Funds  State Funds  Federal Assistance  Other Funds    Total Operating Funds Expended Summary of Operating Expenses  Salaries, Wages and Benefits  Materials and Supplies  Purchased Transportation *  Other Operating Expenses    Total Operating Expenses  Reconciling Cash Expenditures Sources of Capital Funds  Local Funds  State Funds  Federal Assistance    Total Sources Uses of Capital Funds  Rolling Stock  Facilites and Other    Total Uses

1997 1,486 3,005,757 1,499,203,392 323,208,380 1,113,136 470,282 289,534 73,680,569 4,660,668 2,113 1,823 600 316,799,042 328,197 317,127,239 317,127,240 154,629,402 133,945,589 7,826,091 24,954,642 638,482,964 476,092,408 64,184,490 9,139,417 70,462,305 619,878,620 18,604,344 78,666,587 59,885,457 275,263,308 413,815,352 5,243,120 408,572,232 413,815,352

1998 1,486 3,005,757 1,481,802,699 339,213,001 1,148,786 552,041 340,305 80,422,875 5,237,881 2,115 1,801 648 333,677,687 383,848 334,061,535 334,362,183 162,082,621 138,004,914 3,294,000 30,106,454 667,850,172 490,477,746 69,884,593 10,168,147 79,671,869 650,202,355 17,647,817 78,691,721 57,871,398 277,524,924 414,088,043 123,285,431 290,802,612 414,088,043

Change Over Prior Yr 0 0 (17,400,693) 16,004,621 35,650 81,759 50,771 6,742,306 577,213 2 (22) 48 16,878,645 55,651 16,934,296 17,234,943 7,453,219 4,059,325 (4,532,091) 5,151,812 29,367,208 14,385,338 5,700,103 1,028,730 9,209,564 30,323,735 (956,527) 25,134 (2,014,059) 2,261,616 272,691 118,042,311 (117,769,620) 272,691