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New York City Transit Local Bus Route
Average Weekday Ridership and Service Levels
September 1997 through September 2002

Table 6
    Average Weekday Ridership   Revenue Seat Miles   Did Service Keep Pace with Gains in Ridership?
Route   Sep.97 Sep.02 Percent Change   Sep.97 Sep.02 Percent Change   Yes No
B1   17,207 23,767 38%   95,425 107,894 13%  
a
B2   3,364 3,989 19%   18,087 19,396 7%  
a
B3   12,168 16,921 39%   60,761 71,379 17%  
a
B4   6,668 7,417 11%   46,593 46,962 1%  
a
B6   30,531 41,332 35%   144,884 165,158 14%  
a
B7   6,949 9,223 33%   40,515 48,127 19%  
a
B8   18,097 24,143 33%   90,292 103,060 14%  
a
B9   12,315 15,157 23%   77,750 79,462 2%  
a
B11   10,540 14,127 34%   44,854 52,604 17%  
a
B12   21,179 26,091 23%   84,883 94,956 12%  
a
B13/18   4,344 5,511 27%   44,767 75,436 69%   a
B14   6,779 8,603 27%   36,425 39,799 9%  
a
B15   18,652 23,516 26%   109,291 136,139 25%  
a
B16   7,310 8,982 23%   47,001 51,279 9%  
a
B17   8,991 16,796 87%   42,584 58,592 38%  
a
B20   6,269 9,025 44%   42,353 51,985 23%  
a
B23   1,788 2,134 19%   12,183 13,478 11%  
a
B24   2,278 3,317 46%   27,762 31,014 12%  
a
B25   12,278 14,860 21%   55,205 60,753 10%  
a
B26   10,938 13,899 27%   59,142 69,166 17%  
a
B31   2,468 2,973 20%   18,145 20,234 12%  
a
B35   28,137 41,527 48%   107,112 112,583 5%  
a
B36   14,094 19,222 36%   66,156 70,236 6%  
a
B37   6,087 5,142 -16%   41,796 34,491 -17%  
a
B38   17,585 24,214 38%   80,839 102,559 27%  
a
B39   2,500 2,490 0%   14,716 15,168 3%   a
B40   5,047 0 -100%   29,652 77,280 161%   a
B41   37,726 45,896 22%   165,508 168,487 2%  
a
B42   4,874 5,398 11%   22,138 23,016 4%  
a
B43   11,782 15,603 32%   51,373 54,688 6%  
a
B44   38,468 49,458 29%   151,756 189,385 25%  
a
B45   9,335 10,861 16%   44,637 43,482 -3%  
a
B46   30,248 52,055 72%   126,207 197,951 57%  
a
B47/78   5,165 11,336 119%   24,474 65,210 166%   a
B48   8,084 7,488 -7%   38,392 40,744 6%   a
B49   21,921 23,130 6%   124,487 123,417 -1%  
a
B51   1,244 1,021 -18%   10,419 9,574 -8%   a
B52   11,302 15,599 38%   51,400 60,858 18%  
a
B54   10,777 12,461 16%   39,477 40,018 1%  
a
B57   6,948 7,818 13%   42,902 40,644 -5%  
a
B60   15,512 17,920 16%   72,720 77,280 6%  
a
B61   11,547 17,011 47%   77,320 86,913 12%  
a
B63   14,932 15,433 3%   71,372 73,428 3%  
a
B64   5,689 6,850 20%   31,470 41,303 31%   a
B65   4,889 5,758 18%   31,076 33,635 8%  
a
B67   5,147 6,652 29%   30,339 31,767 5%  
a
B68   19,075 20,488 7%   84,427 104,308 24%   a
B69   2,931 3,416 17%   19,966 21,068 6%  
a
B70   2,391 4,206 76%   18,876 22,139 17%  
a
B71   727 847 17%   9,171 9,988 9%  
a
B74   2,513 3,608 44%   8,274 14,895 80%   a
B75   4,427 4,525 2%   28,947 28,946 0%  
a
B77   2,046 4,053 98%   16,110 19,117 19%  
a
B82   23,096 31,488 36%   125,011 145,787 17%  
a
B83   7,799 9,814 26%   32,180 37,448 16%  
a
                   

Brooklyn Total   615,159 794,571 29%   3,089,602 3,614,683 17%  
a
                   

Bx1/2   45,300 46,688 3%   219,891 240,124 9%   a
Bx3   14,856 17,687 19%   49,538 56,101 13%  
a
Bx4   18,983 17,845 -6%   62,804 78,823 26%   a
Bx5   10,302 12,433 21%   42,807 81,531 90%   a
Bx6   14,962 22,872 53%   58,388 73,586 26%  
a
Bx7   13,370 14,495 8%   67,989 72,738 7%  
a
Bx8   5,550 6,508 17%   46,505 50,962 10%  
a
Bx9   22,388 27,632 23%   88,982 127,939 44%   a
Bx10   8,001 10,582 32%   54,514 66,101 21%  
a
Bx11   6,677 11,282 69%   27,132 40,254 48%  
a
Bx12   32,765 42,869 31%   231,032 208,582 -10%  
a
Bx13   6,212 9,442 52%   16,194 24,521 51%  
a
Bx14   2,447 2,481 1%   22,106 22,124 0%  
a
Bx15   14,446 22,807 58%   66,247 75,609 14%  
a
Bx16   5,031 6,653 32%   39,272 40,437 3%  
a
Bx17   9,046 10,728 19%   47,840 50,949 6%  
a
Bx18   989 1,735 75%   5,432 7,264 34%  
a
Bx19   27,580 37,938 38%   94,625 101,509 7%  
a
Bx20   2,649 2,569 -3%   19,472 16,538 -15%  
a
Bx21   11,165 14,758 32%   59,064 63,064 7%  
a
Bx22   16,648 19,341 16%   67,511 98,173 45%   a
Bx25/26   7,700 8,752 14%   62,183 56,968 -8%  
a
Bx27   6,110 7,546 23%   32,978 35,094 6%  
a
Bx28   15,065 17,819 18%   94,143 105,058 12%  
a
Bx29   1,992 2,449 23%   19,289 20,706 7%  
a
Bx30   6,305 8,454 34%   44,213 50,993 15%  
a
Bx31   10,085 11,807 17%   46,598 54,975 18%   a
Bx32   3,936 5,669 44%   20,900 25,460 22%  
a
Bx33   2,924 4,566 56%   19,484 21,933 13%  
a
Bx34   5,482 5,860 7%   30,925 31,080 1%  
a
Bx35   9,078 12,047 33%   28,978 35,080 21%  
a
Bx36   25,046 28,778 15%   98,252 103,866 6%  
a
Bx39   10,188 14,535 43%   44,770 80,888 81%   a
Bx40/42   24,968 30,595 23%   98,704 146,805 49%   a
Bx41   30,657 31,365 2%   143,763 178,282 24%   a
Bx55   19,735 18,530 -6%   123,746 110,091 -11%  
a
                   

Bronx Total   468,638 568,117 21%   2,296,270 2,654,209 16%  
a
                   

M1   17,427 19,984 15%   90,769 100,849 11%  
a
M2