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Ridership Report

FY07 Ridership: 8,164,795

Another Record-Breaking Year!

  • Total annual ridership was up 9.4%, or 702,810 rides from FY06 (7,459,884) to FY07 (8,164,795)
  • All fixed-route ridership averages show double digit increases:
  • weekday is up 14.7%
  • weekday evening is up 10.6%
  • Saturday is up 13.1%
  • Sunday is up 10.6%
  • Other services and segments showing large gains over the year include:
  • Air Porter is up 124.5%
  • Davenport Express is up 66.8%
  • GVSU Campus Connector is up 17.3%
  • Vanpools are up 163.2%

See our most recent Ridership Report

July 2008 compared to July 2007

Daily Averages:

  • Average Weekday ridership (21,689) has increased 22.6% (3,992)
  • Average Saturday ridership (8,849) has increased 15.7% (1,203)
  • Average Sunday ridership (3,642) has increased 20.7% (624)

Total Ridership by Category:

  • Fixed-Route monthly ridership (474,424) has increased 28.2% (104,456)
  • Contracted/specialized service ridership (52,702) has increased 11.3% (5,347)
  • Demand-Response ridership (35,268) has decreased 9.8% (3,159)
  • Total monthly ridership (562,394) has increased 25.1% (112,962)

FY 2008 Compared to FY 2007 (as of July 2008)

Daily Averages

  • Average Weekday ridership (30,503) increased 10.2% (2,811)
  • Average Saturday ridership (9,520) increased 12.1% (1,024)
  • Average Sunday ridership (3,616) increased 20.5% (616)

Total Ridership by Category

  • Fixed route ridership (5,080,877) increased 9.0% (419,768)
  • Contracted/specialized services ridership (1,982,107) increased 16.2% (276,684)
  • Demand-Response ridership (348,031) increased 1.3% (4,619)
  • Total ridership (7,411,015) has increased 10.4% (701,071)

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