The Fixed Route Statistics Report provides valuable insights into fixed route performance across your agency. This report supports internal analysis, fulfills state reporting requirements, and can be used to strengthen applications for DOT grant funding.
Where Can I Find This Report?
Login to ETMS > Navigate to the Operations Product Suite > Open the Business Intelligence card > navigate to the Statistics section > open the Fixed Route Statistics Report:
The report shows the statistics summarized for each agency. If you drill further, you'll see the agency's data also summarized by Transit Mode and Route. Select a plus sign, to the left of each agency listed, to drill into the data further:
You can expand an agency's data to see the totals by Transit Mode (MB- motor bus, DO- directly operated, vs. MB- motor bus PT- purchased transportation). If you expand the mode you'll also see the totals for individual routes. Columns are also sortable. For example, sort to prioritize certain metrics near the top or bottom of the report.
The table includes the following information:
- Agency: Transit Agency that recorded the service performed.
- Unlinked Passenger Trips: All passenger trips including transfers. This is the total ridership collected on revenue routes for the selected period. This typically comes from a farebox, Avail fare screens, or manual entry source.
- Senior Passenger Trips: The total number of senior ridership that was collected on revenue routes. All fares with the ridership type set to the senior category will be totaled here.
- Actual Vehicle Miles: This is the total scheduled revenue miles plus the total scheduled deadhead miles plus or minus any system adjustments entered. System adjustments are used to track deviations from scheduled service.
- Actual Vehicle Revenue Miles: This is the total scheduled revenue miles plus or minus any system adjustments entered. System adjustments are used to track deviations from scheduled service. This value does not include any non-revenue or deadhead miles.
- Actual Vehicle Hours: This is the total scheduled revenue hours plus the total scheduled deadhead hours plus or minus any system adjustments entered. System adjustments are used to track deviations from scheduled service.
- Actual Vehicle Revenue Hours: This is the total scheduled revenue hours plus or minus any system adjustments entered. System adjustments are used to track deviations from scheduled service. This value does not include any non-revenue or deadhead hours.
- Passenger Per Revenue Mile: The total unlinked passenger trips divided by the actual vehicle revenue miles creates this KPI. This helps show the average number of riders that have boarded per revenue mile.
- Passenger Per Revenue Hour: The total unlinked passenger trips divided by the actual vehicle revenue hours creates this KPI. This helps show the average number of riders that have boarded per revenue hour.
The following data categories are broken out by Agency, Transit Mode, and Type of Service.
- MB DO: Motor Bus Directory Operated
- MB PT: Motor Bus Purchased Transportation
- CB DO: Commuter Bus Directly Operated
- CB PT: Commuter Bus Purchased Transportation
- RB DO: Bus Rapid Transit Directly Operated
- RB PT: Bus Rapid Transit Purchased Transportation
- Unlinked Passenger Trips: All passenger trips including transfers. This is the total ridership collected on revenue routes for the selected period. This typically comes from a farebox, Avail fare screens, or manual entry source.
- Senior Passenger Trips: The total number of senior ridership that was collected on revenue routes. All fares with the ridership type set to the senior category will be totaled here.
- Actual Vehicle Miles: This is the total scheduled revenue miles plus the total scheduled deadhead miles plus or minus any system adjustments entered. System adjustments are used to track deviations from scheduled service.
- Actual Vehicle Revenue Miles: This is the total scheduled revenue miles plus or minus any system adjustments entered. System adjustments are used to track deviations from scheduled service. This value does not include any non-revenue or deadhead miles.
- Actual Vehicle Hours: This is the total scheduled revenue hours plus the total scheduled deadhead hours plus or minus any system adjustments entered. System adjustments are used to track deviations from scheduled service.
- Actual Vehicle Revenue Hours: This is the total scheduled revenue hours plus or minus any system adjustments entered. System adjustments are used to track deviations from scheduled service. This value does not include any non-revenue or deadhead hours.
- Passenger Per Revenue Mile: The total unlinked passenger trips divided by the actual vehicle revenue miles creates this KPI. This helps show the average number of riders that have boarded per revenue mile.
- Passenger Per Revenue Hour: The total unlinked passenger trips divided by the actual vehicle revenue hours creates this KPI. This helps show the average number of riders that have boarded per revenue hour.
Hovering over any column header will show a tool tip describing the column name.
In the top right corner, use the filter pane to apply filters across the report. You can use the following specialized filters:
- Specific/Sliding Date: Choose a specific or sliding date you want the chart to display the data for. For the Sliding date you can select the Start and End options: Today, Yesterday, Last Week Start, Last Week End, This Week Start, Last Month Start, Last Month End, This Month Start, Last Quarter Start, Last Quarter End, This Quarter Start, Last Year Start, Last Year End, This Year Start, 10/30/60/90/180/365 Days Ago.
- Transit Authority: select a specific transit authority from the drop-down.
- Route: select a route for the chosen transit authority from the drop-down.
- Transit Mode: select a transit mode for the chosen transit authority from the drop-down.
In the top left corner the Export Report button allows you to export the report to Excel or PDF.