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TRANSIT ROUTE PERFORMANCE - 1999

Always requested from followers of this site, but never able to be provided, are the ridership performance figures for the bus and rail lines operated by the MTA, until now.  Thanks to the MTA's own Transit Routes Profiles guide for 1999, this interesting, albeit dated information is now available for the first time through the World Wide Web.  RED FIGURES indicate below average performance, while GREEN FIGURES inducate above average performance.  A Summary can be found at the bottom of the page.  Please make sure to enjoy!
 
ROUTE:
BOARDINGS
BOARDINGS
per MILE
SUBSIDY per
BOARDING
FAREBOX RECOVERY
RATE
1999 CORE BUS SYSTEM
244,860
3.52
.70
52.88
1998 CORE BUS SYSTEM
243,413
3.56
.57
58.14
1 - Fulton Ave - Fort Ave.
3,686
4.32
.54
59.87
2 - Frederick Avenue
6,491
4.43
.47
62.86
3 - Loch Raven Blvd.
11,259
3.79
.60
57.11
4 - North Point Road
530
2.28
1.14
46.23
5 - Druid Hill Ave. - Sinclair Lane
14,075
4.07
.55
58.80
6 - Fort Howard
(since been discont'd)
97
.45
8.49
8.46
7 - Pennsylvania Ave.
3,114
3.90
.74
51.28
8 - York Road
14,913
5.40
.32
70.38
9 - Hunt Valley
(since been abs. by #8)
1,602
.99
3.86
16.90
10 - Eastern Ave.
7,089
3.54
.73
52.82
11 - Charles St. - Washington Blvd.
5,692
2.82
1.10
40.79
13 - North Avenue
16,834
7.04
.04
94.84
14 - Ritchie Highway
2,913
1.24
2.64
23.85
15 - Belair Road - Edmondson Ave.
17,125
3.86
.63
55.69
16 - Caton Ave.
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
17 - Nursery Road
819
.85
4.39
14.56
19(A) - Harford Road
7,974
3.75
.68
53.40
20 - Baltimore St.
11,785
3.77
.57
59.13
21 - Preston St.
2,697
4.38
.68
53.04
22 - Crosstown
8,892
4.10
.53
58.84
23 - Eastern Ave. - Edmondson Ave.
19,074
3.78
.54
60.08
24 - Tidewater
410
1.11
3.04
25.19
27 - Falls Road
3,480
2.32
1.47
33.75
28 - Liberty Heights Ave. - Russell St.
(2,704)
(1.43)
(2.65)
(25.33)
29 - Cherry Hill Road
2,754
3.98
.54
59.81
30 - Hollins Ferry Rd.
1,164
3.35
.58
47.60
31 - Wilkens Ave.
4,631
3.15
.87
47.14
33 - Cold Spring La.
3,611
4.06
.56
58.37
35 - Philadelphia Road
1,087
1.43
2.37
29.10
36 - Alameda
6,140
4.75
.47
61.27
44 - Belvedere Ave.
5,716
2.89
.98
43.80
46 - Northwest District Schools
3,078
2.59
1.43
35.32
47 - Southern District Schools
1,691
2.37
1.62
32.63
48 - Northern District Schools
3,737
2.90
1.03
43.16
49 - Southeastern District Schools
4,540
3.36
.85
48.13
50 - Mannasota Ave.
634
4.36
.56
56.63
51 - Pulaski St.
4,938
3.81
.69
51.84
55 - Taylor Ave. - Rossville Blvd.
2,753
1.79
1.80 
31.71
61 - Roland Ave.
1,683
2.51 
1.48 
32.32
62 - Monument Street
1,783
2.44
1.38
36.49
64 - Hanover St.
4,506
3.12 
.94 
46.04
67 - Pimlico Shuttle
N/A 
N/A 
N/A 
N/A 
77 - Rolling Road
2,508
2.00 
1.38 
39.56
86 - Social Security
105 
.89
4.29 
16.67
91 - Garrison Blvd.
8,752 
6.28 
.17 
82.33 
98 - Hamden Shuttlebug
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
M1 - Liberty Heights Ave.
4,522
3.03
.82
50.66
M2 - Reisterstown Road
4,318
4.30
.44
63.48
M3 - Park Heights Ave.
6,251
4.42
.42
65.16
M6 - Gwynn Oak Ave.
2,771
3.37
.71
53.95
M8 - Liberty Road
2,363
2.81
.80
53.65
M9 - Reisterstown Road
3,488
3.02
.83
48.85
M10 - Greenspring Ave.
915
1.44
2.55
22.90
M12 - Stevenson Road
192
.93
4.42
13.41
M17 - Owings Mills Shuttle
334
.71
5.48
11.40
BALTIMORE COMMUTER FIGURES - 1999
2,252
.28
5.30
27.43
BALTIMORE COMMUTER FIGURES - 1998
2,209
.28
4.86
30.42
120 - White Marsh
713
.39
3.71
29.97
130 - White Marsh
1
.01
164.58
1.48
150 - Ellicott City
86
.22
8.65
15.96
160 - Oliver Beach
255
.34
4.83
27.29
210 - Annapolis
225
.18
9.67
17.54
310 - Columbia
78
.16
5.05
32.52
311 - Columbia
102
.14
4.73
34.03
320 - Laurel
198
.38
4.36
28.82
410 - Centreville
235
.30
4.67
35.28
411 - Bel Air
163
.28
5.14
33.08
420 - Havre De Grace
196
.30
6.97
26.72
METRO
        
LIGHT RAIL
        

 
CORE BUSES - THE TOP 16...
Rank
Ridership-Boardings
Farebox Recovery
1
#23
#13
2
#15
#91
3
#13
#8
4
#8
#M3
5
#5
#M2
6
#20
#2
7
#3
#36
8
#22
#23
9
#91
#1
10
#19
#29
11
#10
#20
12
#2
#22
13
#M3
#5
14
#36
#33
15
#44
#3
16
#11
#50
...and the BOTTOM 5
1
#86
#M17
2
#M12
#M12
3
#M17
#17
4
#24
#86
5
#4
#9