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Table 2.3 Equipment, annual service, and passengers for fixed-route bus operations in the study area, 2004.

(Source: Cambridge Systematics from 2004 National Transit Database)

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Agency Urban Area Vehicles Type of Vehicle1 Passengers Revenue
(000) Miles
(000)
Miles
(000)
Hours
(000)
Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, MTAHC (Metro) Houston, Texas 1,434 210 articulated diesel buses,
1224 diesel buses
87,940 504,902 44,097 3,051
New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) New Orleans, Louisiana 367 367 diesel buses 38,202 92,252 10,655 748
Capital Area Transit System (CATS) Baton Rouge, Louisiana 74 5 CNG buses,
51 diesel buses,
18 diesel vans
4,805 15,749 3,172 159
Jefferson Transit (JeT) New Orleans, Louisiana 63 59 diesel buses,
4 diesel vans
4,192 19,581 2,276 149
Lafayette Transit System (LTS) Lafayette, Louisiana 22 22 diesel buses 1,156 4,856 536 41
Island Transit (IS) Galveston, Texas 20 11 diesel buses,
9 diesel vans
940 1,454 555 45
The Wave Transit (The Wave) Mobile, Alabama 31 26 diesel buses,
5 diesel vans
860 5,233 1,371 97
Beaumont Municipal Transit System Beaumont, Texas 19 1 CNG bus,
18 diesel buses
662 2,858 729 52
Coast Transit Authority Gulfport-Biloxi, Pascagoula, Mississippi 18 16 diesel buses,
2 LPG buses
534 2,672 770 61
Port Arthur Transit (PAT) Port Arthur, Texas 11 10 diesel buses,
1 diesel van
125 935 235 14
Hattiesburg Area Readi Transit, Hub City Transit (HART) Hattiesburg, Mississippi 5 3 gasoline buses,
2 diesel vans
N/A N/A N/A N/A
Lake Charles Transit System (LCTS) Lake Charles, Louisiana 8 8 diesel buses N/A N/A N/A N/A
Saint Bernard Urban Rapid Transit (SBURT) New Orleans, Louisiana 9 8 diesel buses,
1 diesel van
N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total   2,081   139,416 650,492 64,396 4,417

1 CNG - Compressed Natural Gas

LPG - Liquified Propane Gase