Against 2019

Ridership recovery

How far U.S. transit ridership has returned since 2019, agency by agency. Twelve complete months against the same months before the pandemic, from the National Transit Database monthly file.

Nationwide, latest month

77.5%

of 2019, in August 2026

Agencies back above 90%

of 313 with a full baseline year

Agencies still below 60%

of 313 with a full baseline year

Boardings, latest month

594M

Nationwide recovery

Each month against the same month in 2019

This year against the last five

Nationwide boardings by month

Furthest recovered

Last twelve months against the same months in 2019

#	Agency	Boardings	Recovery
1	Athens-Clarke County Transit Department Athens, GA	2.73M	192.9%
2	Kansas City Streetcar Kansas City, MO	4.63M	189.3%
3	Sound Transit Seattle, WA	86.9M	181.6%
4	Alexandria DASH Alexandria, VA	7.57M	166.5%
5	Southeastern Regional Transit Authority New Bedford, MA	4.94M	165.4%
6	Worcester Regional Transit Authority Worcester, MA	5.31M	152.6%
7	Metropolitan Bus Authority San Juan, PR	5.39M	151.1%
8	Shreveport Area Transit System Shreveport, LA	4.33M	150.2%
9	Link Transit Wenatchee, WA	1.64M	149.1%
10	Merrimack Valley Transit Haverhill, MA	3.4M	148.3%
11	GoRaleigh Raleigh, NC	8.97M	140.9%
12	Western Reserve Transit Authority Youngstown, OH	2.26M	137.1%
13	Brockton Area Transit Authority Brockton, MA	4.16M	137.1%
14	Manatee County Area Transit Sarasota, FL	2.28M	135.6%
15	Vero Beach GoLine Vero Beach, FL	1.8M	132%
16	Metropolitan Council Saint Paul, MN	5.69M	122.4%
17	Prince George's County Transit/TheBus Upper Marlboro, MD	3.53M	121.9%
18	New York City Economic Development Corporation New York, NY	8.34M	119.4%
19	Seattle Center Monorail Seattle, WA	2.68M	118.9%
20	Greater Richmond Transit Company Richmond, VA	12.2M	118.5%
21	Autoridad de Transporte Integrado San Juan, PR	8.68M	117%
22	Montachusett Regional Transit Authority Fitchburg, MA	1.39M	114.4%
23	Fairfax Connector Bus System Fairfax, VA	10.4M	114.4%
24	Capital District Transportation Authority Albany, NY	19.4M	114%
25	Sun Tran Tucson, AZ	19.3M	113.9%
26	Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority Toledo, OH	2.74M	113.7%
27	Intercity Transit Olympia, WA	5.65M	113.7%
28	Access Services El Monte, CA	5.52M	113%
29	Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District Santa Cruz, CA	6.11M	112.8%
30	Southeast Area Transit District Preston, CT	1.19M	111.3%

Furthest behind

Same measure, other end of the table

#	Agency	Boardings	Recovery
1	DC Circulator, DC Streetcar Washington, DC	150.4K	2.1%
2	City of Rome Transit Department Rome, GA	144.1K	11.7%
3	Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority San Juan, PR	2.54M	16.3%
4	Capital Area Transit System Baton Rouge, LA	1.27M	30%
5	Rockland Coaches, Inc. Paramus, NJ	627.1K	30.2%
6	Coach USA New Brunswick, NJ	910.5K	34.5%
7	Greater Lynchburg Transit Company Lynchburg, VA	719.1K	34.5%
8	Rochester Public Transit Rochester, MN	801.8K	34.9%
9	Trans-Bridge Lines, Inc. Bethlehem, PA	454.8K	35.6%
10	Hoboken Academy Hoboken, NJ	1.28M	37.7%
11	Tallahassee StarMetro Tallahassee, FL	1.57M	40.7%
12	Waukesha Metro Transit Waukesha, WI	429.3K	42.2%
13	Memphis Area Transit Authority Memphis, TN	3.07M	44.2%
14	Lafayette CityBus Lafayette, IN	2.38M	44.2%
15	Tri-Rail Pompano Beach, FL	467K	44.4%
16	Short Line Mahwah, NJ	2.02M	44.4%
17	Metro Bus Saint Cloud, MN	848.5K	46.3%
18	Lakeland Bus Lines, Inc. Dover, NJ	837.3K	47.6%
19	Transportation and Parking Services Athens, GA	3.13M	47.6%
20	Regional Transit System Gainesville, FL	4.85M	48.2%
21	Valley Metro Phoenix, AZ	21.5M	49%
22	Visalia Transit Visalia, CA	695K	49.5%
23	Rogue Valley Transportation District Medford, OR	674.6K	50.2%
24	University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN	2.09M	50.2%
25	Chatham Area Transit Authority Savannah, GA	2.22M	50.3%
26	Napa NVTA Napa, CA	576.9K	50.3%
27	Montebello Bus Lines Montebello, CA	2.96M	51.5%
28	Deland VOTRAN Deland, FL	2M	51.8%
29	SF BART Oakland, CA	73M	52.4%
30	Valley Transit Appleton, WI	647.5K	53%

Only agencies that carried at least a million rides in the baseline year appear, because a recovery percentage computed on a few thousand trips swings wildly and would fill both ends of these tables. An agency can also exceed 100%: some systems, particularly in growing Sun Belt metros, now carry more riders than they did before the pandemic.