About RTA: RTA Facts

Annual Operating Budget:
$241.8 million in 2008

Employees:
2,577 in 2008

Ridership:
57.9 million passenger trips

Service Area:
458 square miles
59 municipalities
1.3 million people

Bus Service:
549 buses, trolleys and circulators
1,354 shelters
8,557 bus stops
92 routes
20.1 million service miles

Rail Service:
2.9 million service miles in 2007

Red Line Rapid Transit:
60 heavy-rail cars
18 stations
19 miles of one-way track

Blue/Green Line Rapid Transit (Includes Waterfront Line):
48 light-rail cars
34 stations
18 miles of one-way track
           Paratransit:
80 vehicles
513,500 passenger trips in 2008

Community Circulators:
38 vehicles
12 routes
1.7 million service miles in 2008

Parking Lots:
8,855 spaces

Downtown Trolleys:
2 routes
11 vehicles

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Service
1 route on Euclid Avenue and Public Square
9.4 miles of bus-only lanes
20 Rapid Transit Vehicles (RTVs)
59 stations and 3 platform stops
  • fully operational in late 2008

RTA-Owned Bridges:
85 bridges
1 tunnel

RTAnswerline, 216-621-9500:
More than 1.13 million calls in 2008

RTA Web Site, www.rideRTA.com:
More than 1.28 million visitors viewed 8.7 million pages in 2008

Commuter Advantage program
445 employers
10,474 commuters
$6,300 estimated savings per commuter


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