APTA Ridership Trends
A new way to track changes in ridership
Change in demand
Data drill-down
Year-over-year
Our methodology
The percentages displayed in this dashboard represent the percent difference between actual pre-pandemic ridership and estimated ridership for a given period during the pandemic.
Estimated ridership values for each week are extrapolated values from the most recent quarterly actual ridership figures reported by transit agencies. Estimated ridership values are modeled based on measures of Transit app usage to provide a current measure of demand for public transit. These estimates do not represent actual reported ridership counts from agencies.
Transit app usage is attributed to a particular transit agency if that agency’s service appears as a nearby option for the user when they open the app, or if a user taps on a line operated by a particular transit agency.
Surveys of Transit app users since the onset of the pandemic have shown that the app’s user demographics generally match those of public transit riders overall, both compared to other common survey methods and available U.S. Census data.
We joined forces
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) is a nonprofit international association of more than 1,500 public and private sector member organizations. Benefits to our members include advocacy for federal funding and policies, research, technical expertise and consulting services, workforce development programs, educational conferences and seminars, and 135 subject-matter working committees.
Transit is the app that makes life better without a car in more than 300 cities worldwide. Millions of public transit riders rely on its accurate real-time updates, intuitive step-by-step navigation, and helpful crowdsourcing features. The app gives riders powerful tools to speak up for better car-free transportation and helps transit agencies bring together fare payment, on-demand transit, bikeshare, scooters, carshare, taxis, and more. Transit is based in Montréal, Québec.