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VTA Bus and Light Rail Total Ridership Statistics
2000-2001 Fiscal Year

Compiled below are VTA's Bus and Light Rail total ridership 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:

Total Riders

Average Weekday

Line	# of Riders
22	25,154
Guadalupe LRT	23,223
25	10,219
70	9,829
68	7,369
23	7,123
Tasman West LRT	5,592
300	3,422
180	2,119
Almaden LRT	1,381
122	52
43	51
41	45
14	41
87	30

An average of 153,382 total riders per weekday ride VTA buses, and an average of 30,196 riders per weekday ride VTA light rail.

Average Saturday

Line	# of Riders
22	17,882
Guadalupe LRT	11,615
70	6,245
25	6,026
23	4,866
68	4,533
Tasman West LRT	2,859
12	1,335
180	1,157
Almaden LRT	1,022
88	57
30	48
15	46
16	44
87	35

An average of 79,976 total riders per Saturday ride VTA buses, and an average of 15,496 riders per Saturday ride VTA light rail.

Average Sunday

Line	# of Riders
22	14,304
Guadalupe LRT	9,261
25	6,161
70	4,755
23	3,473
64	3,021
Tasman West LRT	2,237
12	2,049
180	968
Almaden LRT	788
38	66
15	31
88	25
16	19
87	15

On any given Sunday in Santa Clara County, an average of 65,445 total riders are on VTA buses, while an average of 15,496 riders per Saturday ride VTA light rail.

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