VitalSigns-2018

OPERATIONS FUNDING PER CAPITA 2018
Source: National Transit Database 2018
LARGE URBAN
TRANSIT SYSTEMS
TOTAL
PER CAPITA
FARES
OTHER
FUNDS
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT STATE FEDERAL
FAREBOX
Nashville MTA
$73.30
$11.83
$2.88
$41.73
$6.07
$ 1 0 . 7 9
16.1%
Atlanta (MARTA)
$615.02
$138.25
$116.23
$23.86
$0.00
$72.63
22.5%
Austin (Capital Metro)
$228.54
$23.55
$9.55
$0.21
$0.00
$28.36
10.3%
Charlotte (CATS)
$138.70
$30.69
$2.71
$89.01
$10.73
$5.56
22.1%
Denver (RTD)
$605.96
$136.18
$28.47
$4.25
$0.46
$76.67
22.5%
Indianapolis (IndyGo)
$67.59
$11.05
$0.96
$34.07
$10.71
$10.80
16.4%
Kansas City (KCATA)
$94.48
$10.82
$3.88
$66.37
$0.29
$13.12
11.4%
Louisville (TARC)
$79.64
$12.63
$0.72
$49.95
$1.53
$14.81
15.9%
Memphis (MATA)
$50.56
$ 7. 8 5
$1.22
$23.30
$7.33
$10.86
15.5%
Minneapolis (Metro Transit)
$388.69
$93.89
$8.02
$28.04
$243.51
$15.22
24.2%
Raleigh (CAT)
$32.85
$4.13
$2.83
$18.20
$2.67
$5.02
12.6%
Seattle (Sound Transit)
$273.88
$80.56
$20.57
$1.19
$0.00
$23.11
29.4%
Tampa (HART)
$76.01
$14.90
$1.44
$43.61
$5.14
$10.93
19.6%
Takeaway: WeGo has the second lowest annual operating budget compared to peer cities per capita.
Currently, operations needs rely heavily the local contribution from Metro Government at 57
percent of its funding. As opposed to peer systems average 14 percent from local government which
provides a more dedicated mix of funding sources.
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