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VTA Bus and Light Rail Passengers per Hour Statistics
2000-2001 Fiscal Year

Compiled below are VTA's Bus and Light Rail passengers per hour numbers from the Fiscal Year 2000-2001 budget. These numbers are considered to be non-official! Statistics below run from best to worst. A lot of lines were left out per the information we have obtained, so this report focuses on the major bus and light rail lines in Santa Clara County. Courtesy of a post to the Usenet newsgroup ba.transportation:

Passengers per Hour

Average Weekday

Line	# of Riders/hour
Guadalupe LRT	129.39
Almaden LRT	99.59
22	64.07
25	61.78
64	57.82
70	56.85
81	53.90
Tasman West LRT	50.17
300	38.88
180	25.51
101	10.01
19	9.51
43	9.36
86	7.62
14	7.19

An average of 39.94 riders per hour use VTA buses on weekdays, while an average of 99.06 riders per hour ride VTA light rail on weekdays.

Average Saturday

Line	# of Riders/hour
Almaden LRT	107.96
Guadalupe LRT	95.11
12	59.73
22	59.62
25	55.95
81	52.92
64	51.62
Tasman West LRT	39.13
180	24.43
48	10.36
87	10.14
86	7.97
30	5.22
18	3.96

An average of 40.66 riders per hour are using VTA buses on Saturdays, while an average of 75.72 riders per hour are using VTA light rail.

Average Sunday

Line	# of Riders/Hour
12	91.69
Almaden LRT	83.24
Guadalupe LRT	75.84
22	59.67
25	57.20
36	49.88
70	45.20
Tasman West LRT	30.62
180	21.12
16	4.85
88	4.59
86	4.53
87	4.35
18	4.11

On any given Sunday in Santa Clara County, an average of 35.68 are on VTA buses, while an average of 60.03 riders per hour ride VTA light rail.

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