# List of United States local bus agencies

This list is currently incomplete. Systems with lower ridership will be added at a later date. 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 Federal Transit Administration's National Transit Database (NTD).

## List

The NTD categorizes ridership data by type of service: directly operated (DO) and purchased transportation (PT). The data below shows the sum of these two values for each transit agency. Only the top 100 agencies with the most ridership in 2023 are shown.
| Rank | Transit Agency | Urban Area | 2023 Annual Ridership |
| 1 | MTA New York City Bus | New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ | 570,625,248 |
| 2 | LACMTA | Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA | 218,606,428 |
| 3 | CTA | Chicago, IL--IN | 161,699,361 |
| 4 | New Jersey Transit | New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ | 131,382,949 |
| 5 | MTA Bus | New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ | 119,571,794 |
| 6 | WMATA | Washington--Arlington, DC--VA--MD | 110,073,907 |
| 7 | SEPTA | Philadelphia, PA--NJ--DE--MD | 103,614,360 |
| 8 | MBTA | Boston, MA--NH | 80,925,593 |
| 9 | SFMTA | San Francisco--Oakland, CA | 75,682,205 |
| 10 | King County Metro | Seattle--Tacoma, WA | 64,094,524 |
| 11 | Miami-Dade Transit | Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL | 57,895,179 |
| 12 | RTC Transit | Las Vegas--Henderson--Paradise, NV | 51,242,406 |
| 13 | METRO | Houston, TX | 51,093,925 |
| 14 | MTA Maryland | Baltimore, MD | 47,389,214 |
| 15 | Denver RTD | Denver--Aurora, CO | 42,732,388 |
| 16 | TheBus | Honolulu, HI | 40,056,517 |
| 17 | TriMet | Portland, OR--WA | 37,821,610 |
| 18 | PRT | Pittsburgh, PA | 34,483,607 |
| 19 | OCTA | Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA | 33,129,953 |
| 20 | MTS | San Diego, CA | 32,965,101 |
| 21 | AC Transit | San Francisco--Oakland, CA | 32,356,940 |
| 22 | MARTA | Atlanta, GA | 32,122,711 |
| 23 | Metro Transit | Minneapolis--St. Paul, MN | 30,123,953 |
| 24 | VIA | San Antonio, TX | 27,275,239 |
| 25 | DART | Dallas--Fort Worth--Arlington, TX | 27,029,923 |
| 26 | CapMetro | Austin, TX | 23,224,263 |
| 27 | BCT | Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL | 22,750,332 |
| 28 | MCTS | Milwaukee, WI | 22,384,263 |
| 29 | Bee-Line Bus System | New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ | 21,640,192 |
| 30 | VTA | San Jose, CA | 21,067,532 |
| 31 | NICE | New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ | 19,994,905 |
| 32 | UTA | Salt Lake City, UT | 17,895,284 |
| 33 | LBT | Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA | 17,696,044 |
| 34 | City of Phoenix | Phoenix--Mesa--Scottsdale, AZ | 17,355,902 |
| 35 | LYNX | Orlando, FL | 17,315,803 |
| 36 | Ride On | Washington--Arlington, DC--VA--MD | 16,623,953 |
| 37 | RTA | Cleveland, OH | 15,963,454 |
| 38 | CDTA | Albany--Schenectady, NY | 15,176,183 |
| 39 | Sun Tran | Tucson, AZ | 15,151,308 |
| 40 | PACE | Chicago, IL--IN | 14,908,216 |
| 41 | LAMTA | Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA | 14,417,280 |
| 42 | SORTA | Cincinnati, OH--KY | 12,902,123 |
| 43 | NFTA | Buffalo, NY | 12,763,073 |
| 44 | CT Transit - Hartford | Hartford, CT | 12,748,998 |
| 45 | Metro Transit | St. Louis, MO--IL | 12,512,366 |
| 46 | RIPTA | Providence, RI--MA | 12,216,395 |
| 47 | HART | Tampa--St. Petersburg, FL | 11,312,581 |
| 48 | COTA | Columbus, OH | 11,128,906 |
| 49 | DDOT | Detroit, MI | 11,050,285 |
| 50 | KCATA | Kansas City, MO--KS | 10,841,740 |
| 51 | RGRTA | Rochester, NY | 9,408,948 |
| 52 | Metro Transit | Madison, WI | 9,403,885 |
| 53 | SamTrans | San Francisco--Oakland, CA | 9,308,425 |
| 54 | Fairfax Connector | Washington--Arlington, DC--VA--MD | 8,987,190 |
| 55 | Spokane Transit Authority | Spokane, WA | 8,947,157 |
| 56 | PSTA | Tampa--St. Petersburg, FL | 8,922,420 |
| 57 | MTD | Champaign, IL | 8,880,029 |
| 58 | FAX | Fresno, CA | 8,827,000 |
| 59 | NORTA | New Orleans, LA | 8,726,500 |
| 60 | SacRT | Sacramento, CA | 8,494,945 |
| 61 | ART | Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA | 8,452,553 |
| 62 | Foothill Transit | Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA | 8,452,534 |
| 63 | Big Blue Bus | Los Angeles--Long Beach--Anaheim, CA | 8,230,593 |
| 64 | WeGo Public Transit | Nashville metropolitan area | 8,192,009 |
| 65 | RPTA | Phoenix--Mesa--Scottsdale, AZ | 8,180,587 |
| 66 | CATS | Charlotte, NC--SC | 8,133,461 |
| 67 | GRTC | Richmond, VA | 8,064,887 |
| 68 | Palm Tran | Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL | 7,769,803 |
| 69 | CATA | Lansing, MI | 7,740,767 |
| 70 | PVTA | Springfield, MA--CT | 7,308,492 |
| 71 | Delaware Transit Corporation | Philadelphia, PA--NJ--DE--MD | 7,191,010 |
| 72 | Centro | Syracuse, NY | 6,942,970 |
| 73 | CT Transit - New Haven | New Haven, CT | 6,465,548 |
| 74 | Omnitrans | Riverside--San Bernardino, CA | 6,280,450 |
| 75 | TARC | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY--IN | 6,275,580 |
| 76 | Pierce Transit | Seattle--Tacoma, WA | 6,101,806 |
| 77 | HRT | Virginia Beach--Norfolk, VA | 6,061,592 |
| 78 | Sun Metro | El Paso, TX--NM | 6,025,092 |
| 79 | GoDurham | Durham, NC | 5,983,884 |
| 80 | JTA | Jacksonville, FL | 5,809,575 |
| 81 | University of Michigan Campus Transit | Ann Arbor, MI | 5,705,417 |
| 82 | Community Transit | Seattle--Tacoma, WA | 5,659,465 |
| 83 | IndyGo | Indianapolis, IN | 5,633,346 |
| 84 | The Rapid | Grand Rapids, MI | 5,568,955 |
| 85 | Gainesville RTS | Gainesville, FL | 5,253,627 |
| 86 | RTA | Riverside--San Bernardino, CA | 5,142,985 |
| 87 | RTC | Reno, NV--CA | 5,030,919 |
| 88 | DASH (bus) | Washington--Arlington, DC--VA--MD | 4,982,275 |
| 89 | CATA | State College, PA | 4,853,259 |
| 90 | GBT | Bridgeport--Stamford, CT--NY | 4,831,277 |
| 91 | NCTD | San Diego, CA | 4,700,870 |
| 92 | SMART | Detroit, MI | 4,616,187 |
| 93 | MTD | Santa Barbara, CA | 4,535,029 |
| 94 | ABQ RIDE | Albuquerque, NM | 4,472,832 |
| 95 | GoRaleigh | Raleigh, NC | 4,450,822 |
| 96 | AAATA | Ann Arbor, MI | 4,443,907 |
| 97 | CyRide | Ames, IA | 4,443,045 |
| 98 | GLPTC | Lafayette, IN | 4,409,766 |
| 99 | Trinity Metro | Dallas--Fort Worth--Arlington, TX | 4,320,159 |
| 100 | GDRTA | Dayton, OH | 4,223,553 |