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Transit Ridership Exceeds 71 million Passengers

August 7, 2009 by Nick Bastian Leave a Comment

Phoenix, AZ (Aug. 7, 2009)  An increase of 15 percent over the previous year is a good thing when talking about bus and light rail ridership. Transit ridership, which is measured annually from July to June, indicates that more than 71 million passengers boarded a Valley Metro bus or light rail train to get to work, school, run errands or for pleasure.

“Certainly, in the last six months, overall transit ridership has been boosted by the new METRO light rail service,” said David A. Boggs, Valley Metro RPTA executive director. “We now have a complete transit system with bus and rail connections getting more Valley residents and visitors out of their cars.”  Now offering  light rail service, the cities of Mesa, Phoenix and Tempe experienced double-digit increases in transit ridership.

Statistics also show that more riders are using bicycles to complete their transit trips, with 1.46 million bikes carried on buses in the past year, an increase of 9.4 percent over 2008.

Annual Ridership:

Bus

2008-09 – 65,670,807

2007-08 – 61,866,836

6% – Increase

Light Rail

2008-09 – 5,580,860*

2007-08 – Not Available

Increase – Not Available

Combined

2008-09 – 71,251,667

2007-08 – 61,866,836

Increase – 15%

*January-June 2009

Metro Light Rail ridership portion of ridership by city was:

Mesa – 580,817

Phoenix – 3,475,917

Tempe – 1,524,126

Along with an increase in ridership, there also has been an increase in satisfied transit riders. According to a recent rider survey, nearly four in five (79 percent) of transit riders said they are highly likely to be riding transit one year from now and would recommend the service to others.  Nearly 70 percent of riders say they have a high level of satisfaction with transit service in the Valley, and there is a significant increase (5 percent) of those indicating they are “very satisfied” with public transit service. The survey was conducted in May 2009 and has a margin of error at 3.7 percent.

**source: Valley Metro

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