List of United States local bus agencies by ridership
The following is a list of local bus agencies in the United States, ranked by ridership. All figures are unlinked passenger trips for the stated time period and come from the American Public Transportation Association's Quarterly "Public Transportation Ridership Reports".

List of United States local bus agencies by ridership

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Table Section Text: The following is a list of local bus agencies in the United States, ranked by ridership. All figures are unlinked passenger trips for the stated time period and come from the American Public Transportation Association's Quarterly "Public Transportation Ridership Reports".

Rank by 2017 Annual Ridership	Rank by Avg. Weekday Ridership	Agency	Primary City	2017 Annual Ridership	Average Weekday Ridership (Q1 2018)	Notes

1	1	MTA	New York City	730,345,000	2,210,700

2	2	LACMTA	Los Angeles	284,707,100	865,100

3	3	CTA	Chicago	249,231,000	764,800

4	4	Muni	San Francisco	161,056,400	497,200

5	5	SEPTA	Philadelphia	153,431,000	489,500

6	New Jersey Transit	Newark	152,778,500	Not Available

7	6	King County Metro	Seattle	121,487,600	402,400

8	8	WMATA	Washington, D.C.	116,561,500	353,600

9	7	MBTA	Boston	116,180,100	373,100

10	11	MTA Maryland	Baltimore	70,339,200	215,100

11	10	METRO	Houston	66,102,500	216,800

12	9	RTD	Denver	65,781,400	245,300

13	14	RTC Transit	Las Vegas	63,291,900	186,400

14	15	TriMet	Portland	57,412,200	185,500

15	16	Metro Transit	Minneapolis	57,322,500	181,300

16	17	MARTA	Atlanta	56,316,400	172,300

17	18	Miami-Dade Transit	Miami	56,313,400	168,800

18	Port Authority	Pittsburgh	53,136,800	Not Available

19	12	AC Transit	Oakland	52,364,000	204,300

20	13	MTS	San Diego	48,730,700	191,500

21	19	OCTA	Orange County	39,437,700	123,800

22	21	VIA	San Antonio	36,155,500	107,400

23	20	Valley Metro	Phoenix	34,749,300	120,700

24	23	DART	Dallas	31,712,900	97,400

25	24	MCTS	Milwaukee	31,549,900	94,200

26	22	GCRTA	Cleveland	30,969,400	98,800

27	26	VTA	San Jose	28,830,400	90,000

28	27	PACE	Arlington Heights (suburban Chicago)	28,679,200	89,400

29	25	BCT	Fort Lauderdale	28,658,200	94,100

30	30	Metro	St. Louis	24,537,500	70,500

31	28	LBT	Long Beach	24,307,000	80,100

32	DDOT	Detroit	23,377,200	Not Available

33	31	Ride On	Rockville	22,479,100	66,100

34	32	COTA	Columbus, OH	18,403,600	57,900

35	34	SORTA	Cincinnati	14,265,400	46,200

36	33	Big Blue Bus	Santa Monica	13,264,100	48,700

37	35	Hampton Roads Transit	Norfolk	12,145,500	34,700

29	LYNX	Orlando	Not Available	73,500

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The MBTA is one of the United States' local bus agencies by ridership in Boston.

final_sentence: The MBTA is one of the United States' local bus agencies by ridership in Boston.