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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   15,822 17,405 10%   94,600 94,137 0%  
a
M3   21,908 22,540 3%   102,638 102,963 0%  
a
M4   25,094 27,530 10%   121,097 126,313 4%  
a
M5   14,244 13,889 -2%   95,648 95,036 -1%   a
M6   7,982 8,439 6%   37,699 41,592 10%   a
M7   16,951 18,905 12%   82,152 85,810 4%  
a
M8   3,010 4,184 39%   17,287 15,523 -10%  
a
M9   3,550 5,370 51%   20,373 22,270 9%  
a
M10/20   19,240 21,050 9%   97,777 109,241 12%   a
M11   15,135 17,115 13%   73,444 74,126 1%  
a
M14   27,867 43,080 55%   97,304 107,946 11%  
a
M15   58,344 65,739 13%   226,845 234,929 4%  
a
M18   646 991 53%   11,592 10,776 -7%  
a
M21   2,251 2,479 10%   14,719 15,577 6%  
a
M22   3,423 5,137 50%   15,599 25,484 63%   a
M23   15,195 22,714 49%   31,555 47,497 51%   a
M30   1,924 2,320 21%   6,425 6,425 0%  
a
M31   13,366 17,236 29%   48,277 48,613 1%  
a
M34/16   14,048 17,479 24%   34,915 36,448 4%  
a
M35   2,145 2,802 31%   15,196 20,743 37%   a
M42   13,081 16,113 23%   38,388 35,632 -7%  
a
M50/27   9,211 9,823 7%   36,720 33,627 -8%  
a
M57   6,639 9,497 43%   24,686 30,640 24%  
a
M60   3,557 11,829 233%   36,127 81,578 126%  
a
M66   10,096 15,182 50%   25,108 28,203 12%  
a
M72   4,796 6,374 33%   18,320 18,446 1%  
a
M79   18,143 22,411 24%   40,917 56,698 39%   a
M86   24,731 32,910 33%   50,722 71,125 40%   a
M96   10,954 17,037 56%   23,232 29,354 26%  
a
M98   3,413 4,352 28%   18,684 24,088 29%   a
M100   13,491 18,432 37%   54,302 59,955 10%  
a
M101/2/3   63,334 79,327 25%   251,881 305,830 21%  
a
M104   31,453 30,145 -4%   115,202 98,919 -14%  
a
M106   893 1,716 92%   5,356 7,272 36%  
a
M116   4,487 8,484 89%   17,700 23,273 31%  
a
                   

Manhattan Total   517,851 640,020 24%   2,093,255 2,326,935 11%  
a
                   

Q1   5,681 6,623 17%   32,875 35,636 8%  
a
Q2   5,216 7,774 49%   30,554 37,286 22%  
a
Q3   6,870 9,242 35%   59,044 80,676 37%   a
Q4   10,347 13,398 29%   53,725 69,200 29%  
a
Q5   10,839 13,574 25%   68,475 76,142 11%  
a
Q12   6,898 10,118 47%   40,536 54,615 35%  
a
Q13   6,163 8,798 43%   39,527 48,190 22%  
a
Q14   1,879 2,570 37%   15,438 16,104 4%  
a
Q15   3,583 5,142 44%   20,192 29,802 48%   a
Q16   3,960 4,399 11%   35,001 35,298 1%  
a
Q17   12,387 20,717 67%   67,413 106,028 57%  
a
Q24   10,507 12,635 20%   71,422 80,790 13%  
a
Q26   1,898 2,269 20%   15,184 16,060 6%  
a
Q27   16,407 20,521 25%   80,675 104,079 29%   a
Q28   8,934 10,760 20%   45,129 52,912 17%  
a
Q30   11,900 12,394 4%   76,135 74,474 -2%  
a
Q31   4,569 7,404 62%   33,348 46,068 38%  
a
Q32   11,252 15,194 35%   62,858 79,197 26%  
a
Q36   5,940 7,053 19%   40,822 44,235 8%  
a
Q42   1,738 1,966 13%   10,933 12,786 17%   a
Q43   13,590 17,994 32%   68,164 80,802 19%  
a
Q44/20   27,635 38,790 40%   172,500 236,510 37%  
a
Q46   19,291 23,617 22%   109,344 123,515 13%  
a
Q48   3,334 3,304 -1%   24,960 25,080 0%   a
Q54   11,886 14,729 24%   88,714 91,212 3%  
a
Q55   6,114 8,412 38%   31,268 36,928 18%  
a
Q56   10,191 11,891 17%   56,816 57,888 2%  
a
Q58   18,467 25,892 40%   98,576 108,635 10%  
a
Q59   3,695 6,329 71%   27,175 37,331 37%  
a
Q74   2,367 3,143 33%   12,421 15,769 27%  
a
Q75   1,214 1,197 -1%   16,562 16,058 -3%  
a
Q76   5,688 7,096 25%   46,873 62,324 33%   a
Q77   6,593 8,298 26%   36,568 44,510 22%  
a
Q79   807 787 -3%   9,744 9,744 0%   a
Q83   9,716 12,838 32%   55,513 68,418 23%  
a
Q84   5,375 6,329 18%   40,857 45,590 12%  
a
Q85   12,559 15,181 21%   83,869 99,681 19%  
a
Q88   11,170 12,636 13%   78,006 98,322 26%   a
                   

Queens Total   316,662 411,014 30%   1,957,215 2,357,894 20%     a
                   

S40/90   4,063 4,923 21%   40,584 51,216 26%   a
S42   1,831 2,285 25%   8,768 8,960 2%  
a
S44/94   7,494 8,718 16%   60,388 65,276 8%  
a
S46/96   6,907 8,155 18%   51,238 58,991 15%  
a
S48/98   7,760 8,968 16%   48,868 51,530 5%  
a
S51/81   4,350 5,437 25%   44,600 45,408 2%  
a
S52   2,966 3,702 25%   36,836 38,576 5%  
a
S53/93   6,186 8,520 38%   57,666 65,002 13%  
a
S54   2,460 2,581 5%   36,984 38,348 4%  
a
S55/56   2,192 1,813 -17%   25,610 27,688 8%   a
S57   1,891 2,141 13%   29,870 30,950 4%  
a
S59   4,156 5,030 21%   65,087 67,343 3%  
a
S60   230 361 57%   3,000 3,300 10%  
a
S61/91   4,342 4,775 10%   39,468 47,896 21%   a
S62/92   6,647 6,787 2%   53,756 54,759 2%  
a
S66/67   3,002 3,008 0%   29,136 30,152 3%   a
S74/84   5,206 6,767 30%   93,819 101,266 8%  
a
S76   4,706 5,810 23%   40,096 47,282 18%  
a
S78   8,304 9,104 10%   97,548 108,151 11%   a
S79   5,762 7,908 37%   68,920 95,154 38%   a
                   

Staten Island Total   90,455 106,793 18%   932,242 1,037,247 11%  
a
                   
 
                   
 
System Total   2,008,764 2,520,515 25%   10,368,584 11,990,969 16%  
a

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*Source: MTA New York City Transit. Service is expressed in Revenue Seat Miles, a standard industry measure of service. Ridership is measured by the average number of weekday riders.

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