Record

Ferryboat in the National Transit Database

Transit agencies, on ferryboat service, reported 72,473,169 unlinked passenger trips in report year 2025, according to the Federal Transit Administration.

National total, ferryboat

72.5 million
Unlinked passenger trips: Annual totals, 2025; 72,473,169; Every annual row for this mode reported trips.; 6.0 million
Vehicle revenue miles: Annual totals, 2025; 6,002,229; Every annual row for this mode reported miles.; 41
Agencies: Reporting this mode, 2025

About these figures

Unlinked passenger trips: 72,473,169; Every annual row for this mode reported trips.
Vehicle revenue miles: 6,002,229; Every annual row for this mode reported miles.

All modes together reported 8,050,799,881 trips on rows with a mode in 2025. Rows the publisher gives no mode are in no mode.

Largest agencies by ferryboat trips

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The agencies that reported the most ferryboat unlinked passenger trips, 2025, most first
Rank	Agency	State (registry)	Unlinked passenger trips	Vehicle revenue miles
1	Washington State Ferries	Washington	19,399,898	769,320
2	New York City Department of Transportation	New York	16,705,287	208,566
3	New York City Economic Development Corporation	New York	7,398,866	957,415
4	Port Imperial Ferry Corporation	New Jersey	4,967,345	614,681
5	Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority	Massachusetts	2,958,012	356,399
6	San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority	California	2,836,526	538,266
7	Puerto Rico Maritime Transport Authority	Puerto Rico	1,734,058	203,598
8	Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District	California	1,582,632	216,108
9	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority	Massachusetts	1,484,012	308,611
10	SeaStreak, LLC	New Jersey	1,414,448	213,822
11	North Carolina Department of Transportation -- Ferry Division	North Carolina	1,299,580	270,194
12	Kitsap County Public Transportation Benefit Area Authority	Washington	1,283,362	338,251
13	Casco Bay Island Transit District	Maine	1,108,347	106,582
14	New Orleans Regional Transit Authority	Louisiana	1,049,601	22,267
15	Hyannis Harbor Tours, Inc.	Massachusetts	964,973	189,434
16	Eastern Upper Peninsula Transportation Authority	Michigan	847,122	29,556
17	Cape May Lewes Ferry	Delaware	735,331	71,623
18	Chatham Area Transit Authority	Georgia	576,309	12,019
19	King County	Washington	547,531	76,904
20	Chicago Water Taxi (Wendella)	Illinois	538,075	22,904
21	Plaquemines Port, Harbor and Terminal District	Louisiana	471,854	17,197
22	County of Pierce	Washington	467,037	44,004
23	Maine Department of Transportation	Maine	463,273	137,662
24	Jacksonville Transportation Authority	Florida	407,609	9,609
25	City of Baltimore	Maryland	291,921	30,382

The first 25 of 41 agencies ranked on this mode. A ranked agency reported trips on every row it has for the mode.

Sources

Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database — transit service by agency and mode, 2025 report year — Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database · U.S. Government work · retrieved November 5, 2026
Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database — every reporting transit agency, 2025 report year

Compiled automatically from Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database — transit service by agency and mode, 2025 report year and Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database — every reporting transit agency, 2025 report year by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved November 5, 2026