Public Transportation Contact Info
Palm Tran, Inc.
3201 Electronics Way
West Palm Beach, FL 33407-4618
561-841-4200
Web site
Public Transportation Coverage - Bus Transport
The following map illustrates those areas of West Palm Beach 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.
Selected Public Transportation Stats
The following tables and charts give a financial and operations overview of the public transportation network in West Palm Beach.
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
852
924,169
21,630,894
4,149,102
13,384
6,038
8,048
9,098,709
539,004
220
182
95
2,808,153
0
2,808,153
2,991,889
20,403,990
2,986,808
1,228,691
498,914
28,110,292
16,021,836
3,371,214
3,550,654
3,014,415
25,958,119
2,152,173
1,537,250
56,145
5,253,927
6,847,322
4,256,896
2,590,426
6,847,322
|
1998
852
1,003,684
26,439,141
4,673,047
16,266
7,500
2,617
8,746,422
543,732
219
187
102
3,248,045
97,443
3,345,488
3,567,765
19,070,957
3,422,126
3,174,887
386,531
29,622,266
17,089,676
3,362,032
4,587,111
2,694,448
27,733,267
1,917,952
1,020,556
6,003
4,301,836
5,328,395
0
5,328,395
5,328,395
| Change
Over
Prior Yr
0
79,515
4,808,247
523,945
2,882
1,462
(5,431)
(352,287)
4,728
(1)
5
7
439,892
97,443
537,335
575,876
(1,333,033)
435,318
1,946,196
(112,383)
1,511,974
1,067,840
(9,182)
1,036,457
(319,967)
1,775,148
(234,221)
(516,694)
(50,142)
(952,091)
(1,518,927)
(4,256,896)
2,737,969
(1,518,927)
|
|
Mode of Transportation Breakout Information
|
Bus | Demand
Response |
Operating Expense
Capital Funding
Rolling Stock
Facilites and Other
Annual Passenger Miles
Annual Vehicle Revenue Miles
Annual Vehicle Revenue Hours
Annual Unlinked Trips
Average Weekday Unlinked Trips
Fixed Guideway Directional Route Miles
Vehicles Available for Maximum Service
Vehicles Operated in Maximum Service
Directly Operated
Purchased Transportation
Average Fleet Age in Years
Peak to Base Ratio
Percent Spares
Safety
Incidents
Injuries
Fatalities
Performance Measures
Service Efficiency
Operating Expense per Vehicle Revenue Mile
Operating Expense per Vehicle Revenue Hour
Cost Effectiveness
Operating Expense per Passenger Mile
Operating Expense per Unlinked Passenger Trip
Service Effectiveness
Unlinked Passenger Trips per Vehicle Revenue Mile
Unlinked Passenger Trips per Vehicle Revenue Hour
| $23,470,506
5,327,490
0
5,327,490
23,841,739
6,917,860
393,497
4,431,208
15,441
.0
151
122
115
7
5.7
1.2
24%
15
19
1
3.39
59.65
0.98
5.30
0.64
11.26
| $4,262,761
905
0
905
2,597,402
1,828,562
150,235
241,839
825
.0
68
65
0
65
2.3
.0
5%
23
13
0
2.33
28.37
1.64
17.63
0.13
1.61
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