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Public transit in California

Transit agencies registered in California reported 982,597,211 unlinked passenger trips on rows with a mode in report year 2025, according to the Federal Transit Administration.

California in the National Transit Database

982.6 million
Unlinked passenger trips: Rows with a mode, 2025; 982,597,211; Rank 2 of 56 states and territories ranked; a tie shares a rank.; 661.6 million
Vehicle revenue miles: Rows with a mode, 2025; 661,635,532; 215
Reporting records: Registered in California, 2025; Every record reported trips on each of its rows with a mode.

About these figures

Unlinked passenger trips: 982,597,211; Rank 2 of 56 states and territories ranked; a tie shares a rank.
Vehicle revenue miles: 661,635,532
Reporting records: Every record reported trips on each of its rows with a mode.

Rows the publisher gives no mode carry 109,854 further trips for these agencies. They are in no mode, in no rank and not in the total above.

Agencies in California, by trips

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Transit agencies registered in California by unlinked passenger trips, 2025, most first
Rank	Agency	City	Reporter type	Unlinked passenger trips	Vehicle revenue miles
1	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority	Los Angeles	Full Reporter	315,457,775	116,610,091
2	City and County of San Francisco	San Francisco	Full Reporter	168,353,193	25,366,352
3	San Diego Metropolitan Transit System	San Diego	Full Reporter	81,240,554	36,493,643
4	San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District	Oakland	Full Reporter	58,368,709	69,144,646
5	Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District	Oakland	Full Reporter	40,711,040	23,163,781
6	Orange County Transportation Authority	Orange	Full Reporter	38,594,503	31,135,599
7	Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority	San Jose	Full Reporter	27,694,200	22,199,661
8	Long Beach Transit	Long Beach	Full Reporter	19,664,785	6,822,051
9	Sacramento Regional Transit District	Sacramento	Full Reporter	17,564,063	14,965,878
10	City of Los Angeles	Los Angeles	Full Reporter	15,359,077	11,007,955
11	San Mateo County Transit District	Millbrae	Full Reporter	11,017,888	9,341,125
12	Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board	San Carlos	Full Reporter	11,011,874	10,398,346
13	City of Fresno	Fresno	Full Reporter	10,568,458	6,450,151
14	City of Santa Monica	Santa Monica	Full Reporter	10,123,253	4,101,887
15	Foothill Transit	West Covina	Full Reporter	10,030,349	11,829,608
16	North County Transit District	Oceanside	Full Reporter	8,473,626	8,275,709
17	Anaheim Transportation Network	Anaheim	Full Reporter	8,284,155	1,225,118
18	Omnitrans	San Bernardino	Full Reporter	7,482,983	8,787,439
19	Riverside Transit Agency	Riverside	Full Reporter	6,189,132	9,638,598
20	Southern California Regional Rail Authority	Los Angeles	Full Reporter	5,669,018	13,808,363
21	Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District	Santa Barbara	Full Reporter	4,836,504	2,133,603
22	Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District	Santa Cruz	Full Reporter	4,746,891	3,803,729
23	Access Services	El Monte	Full Reporter	4,615,556	39,567,739
24	Golden Empire Transit District	Bakersfield	Full Reporter	4,201,131	3,736,890
25	University of California, Davis	Davis	Full Reporter	3,871,244	783,491
26	Gold Coast Transit District	Oxnard	Full Reporter	3,689,139	2,864,263
27	Stanislaus Regional Transit Authority	Modesto	Full Reporter	3,538,312	5,113,215
28	City of Culver City	Culver City	Full Reporter	3,311,864	1,573,188
29	California Vanpool Authority	Visalia	Full Reporter	3,165,914	9,237,025
30	Marin County Transit District	San Rafael	Full Reporter	3,160,476	2,842,859
31	Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District	San Francisco	Full Reporter	3,097,735	2,557,526
32	Monterey-Salinas Transit	Monterey	Full Reporter	2,955,280	5,132,999
33	City of Montebello	Montebello	Full Reporter	2,931,266	1,721,209
34	Central Contra Costa Transit Authority	Concord	Full Reporter	2,867,737	3,722,884
35	SunLine Transit Agency	Thousand Palms	Full Reporter	2,838,482	3,716,235
36	San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority	San Francisco	Full Reporter	2,836,526	538,266
37	San Joaquin Regional Transit District	Stockton	Full Reporter	2,778,341	3,342,564
38	City of Santa Clarita	Santa Clarita	Full Reporter	2,551,075	3,474,393
39	City of Gardena	Gardena	Full Reporter	2,497,972	1,314,059
40	City of Torrance	Torrance	Full Reporter	2,463,689	2,013,610
41	Victor Valley Transit Authority	Hesperia	Full Reporter	1,777,552	10,338,184
42	Antelope Valley Transit Authority	Lancaster	Full Reporter	1,741,324	4,297,091
43	City of Santa Rosa	Santa Rosa	Full Reporter	1,540,477	993,734
44	City of Pasadena	Pasadena	Full Reporter	1,403,210	1,099,499
45	The Eastern Contra Costa Transit Authority	Antioch	Full Reporter	1,391,417	3,116,975
46	Livermore / Amador Valley Transit Authority	Livermore	Full Reporter	1,337,497	1,520,931
47	City of Norwalk	Norwalk	Full Reporter	1,317,430	1,095,803
48	Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District	Petaluma	Full Reporter	1,140,783	1,118,548
49	City of Glendale	Glendale	Full Reporter	1,136,837	973,995
50	Metropolitan Transportation Commission	San Francisco	Full Reporter	1,118,893	12,778,366
51	Solano County Transit	Vallejo	Full Reporter	1,098,856	1,921,616
52	Eastern Sierra Transit Authority	Bishop	Rural Reporter	965,296	1,087,283
53	San Diego Association of Governments	San Diego	Full Reporter	932,174	8,569,134
54	County of Sonoma	Santa Rosa	Full Reporter	848,319	1,970,436
55	Altamont Corridor Express	Stockton	Full Reporter	846,662	1,309,748
56	County of Placer	Auburn	Full Reporter	843,282	2,264,083
57	San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority	San Luis Obispo	Full Reporter	822,467	1,557,135
58	Transit Joint Powers Authority for Merced County	Merced	Full Reporter	798,096	2,185,693
59	Imperial County Transportation Commission	El Centro	Full Reporter	775,121	1,357,201
60	San Joaquin Council	Stockton	Full Reporter	763,084	7,992,692
61	Yolo County Transportation District	Woodland	Full Reporter	725,191	2,390,987
62	Kings County Area Public Transit Agency	Hanford	Full Reporter	720,418	1,835,497
63	Western Contra Costa Transit Authority	Pinole	Full Reporter	708,894	1,411,761
64	Butte County Association of Governments	Chico	Full Reporter	698,465	1,186,784
65	City of Visalia	Visalia	Full Reporter	688,099	2,225,836
66	Mountain Area Regional Transit Authority	Big Bear Lake	Rural Reporter	683,746	808,397
67	City of Laguna Beach	Laguna Beach	Reduced Reporter	678,652	455,889
68	City of San Luis Obispo	San Luis Obispo	Full Reporter	660,056	398,844
69	Yuba-Sutter Transit Authority	Marysville	Reduced Reporter	609,237	984,582
70	City of Santa Maria	Santa Maria	Full Reporter	605,121	1,049,034
71	City of Commerce	Commerce	Full Reporter	554,573	502,110
72	Napa Valley Transportation Authority	Napa	Full Reporter	529,661	1,432,753
73	Humboldt Transit Authority	Eureka	Rural Reporter	510,895	1,191,428
74	Redding Area Bus Authority	Redding	Reduced Reporter	473,689	1,225,537
75	Ventura County Transportation Commission	Camarillo	Full Reporter	473,039	1,657,169
76	City of Porterville	Porterville	Reduced Reporter	447,211	450,588
77	City of Turlock	Turlock	Full Reporter	396,721	358,530
78	Tulare County Regional Transit Agency	Visalia	Full Reporter	387,373	1,767,920
79	Los Angeles County	Alhambra	Reduced Reporter	355,353	262,424
80	City of Petaluma	Petaluma	Full Reporter	333,253	307,181
81	City of Clovis	Clovis	Full Reporter	302,787	891,687
82	City of Union City	Union City	Reduced Reporter	302,328	596,864
83	City of El Monte	El Monte	Reduced Reporter	298,373	283,290
84	City of Alhambra	Alhambra	Reduced Reporter	285,878	266,460
85	County of Kern	Bakersfield	Reduced Reporter	269,270	1,846,561
86	City of Redondo Beach	Redondo Beach	Full Reporter	265,919	415,362
87	Lake Transit Authority	Lower Lake	Rural Reporter	241,590	776,079
88	City of Simi Valley	Simi Valley	Reduced Reporter	232,970	530,006
89	City of Lodi	Lodi	Reduced Reporter	224,759	331,380
90	City of Burbank	Burbank	Reduced Reporter	221,926	324,426
91	City of Roseville	Roseville	Reduced Reporter	218,245	735,973
92	El Dorado County Transit Authority	Diamond Springs	Reduced Reporter	214,069	771,838
93	Morongo Basin Transit Authority	Joshua Tree	Rural Reporter	210,741	706,449
94	City of Thousand Oaks	Thousand Oaks	Reduced Reporter	207,684	590,808
95	City of Fairfield, California	Fairfield	Full Reporter	207,481	540,120
96	City of Vacaville	Vacaville	Reduced Reporter	203,349	368,171
97	Stanislaus Council of Governments	Modesto	Full Reporter	200,589	2,557,698
98	Chemehuevi Indian Tribe	Havasu Lake	Reduced Reporter	180,663	36,588
99	Fresno County Rural Transit Agency	Fresno	Rural Reporter	177,724	608,426
100	City of Tracy	Tracy	Reduced Reporter	174,931	459,126
101	City of Corona	Corona	Reduced Reporter	173,383	355,865
102	Mendocino Transit Authority	Ukiah	Rural Reporter	172,142	594,211
103	San Bernardino County Transportation Authority	San Bernardino	Full Reporter	171,323	1,647,130
104	Tehama County	Gerber	Rural Reporter	155,982	650,548
105	City of South Gate	South Gate	Reduced Reporter	142,360	248,533
106	County of Nevada	Nevada City	Rural Reporter	140,134	453,548
107	City of Bell Gardens	Bell	Reduced Reporter	139,054	132,865
108	Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit Authority	Rolling Hills	Reduced Reporter	135,324	271,071
109	Los Angeles County	Alhambra	Reduced Reporter	127,928	60,348
110	Riverside County Transportation Commission	Riverside	Full Reporter	120,419	1,273,656
111	Los Angeles County	Alhambra	Reduced Reporter	111,535	194,011
112	City of Delano	Delano	Reduced Reporter	110,469	143,440
113	Santa Barbara County Association of Governments	Santa Barbara	Full Reporter	109,910	356,207
114	City of Huntington Park	Huntington Park	Reduced Reporter	109,388	163,318
115	City of Lynwood	Lynwood	Reduced Reporter	101,345	137,733
116	Pomona Valley Transportation Authority	La Verne	Full Reporter	94,431	398,288
117	City of Madera	Madera	Reduced Reporter	93,318	341,146
118	Lassen Transit Service Agency	Susanville	Rural Reporter	89,773	229,686
119	City of Camarillo	Camarillo	Reduced Reporter	89,674	412,938
120	City of Manteca	Manteca	Reduced Reporter	88,089	248,490
121	City of Arcata	Arcata	Rural Reporter	86,751	148,640
122	City of Guadalupe	Guadalupe	Rural Reporter	83,508	147,037
123	City of Monterey Park	Montery Park	Reduced Reporter	81,257	258,979
124	Tuolumne County Transit Agency	Sonora	Rural Reporter	80,760	230,632
125	San Benito County Local Transportation Authority	Hollister	Rural Reporter	80,409	449,533
126	Redwood Coast Transit Authority	Crescent City	Rural Reporter	80,294	153,761
127	City of Baldwin Park	Baldwin Park	Reduced Reporter	78,264	181,750
128	City of Riverside	Riverside	Full Reporter	77,255	357,252
129	City of Avalon	Avalon	Reduced Reporter	71,859	39,185
130	City of Maywood	Maywood	Reduced Reporter	69,761	48,154
131	City of Lompoc	Lompoc	Reduced Reporter	67,409	229,921
132	City of West Hollywood	West Hollywood	Reduced Reporter	64,232	150,170
133	City of Downey	Downey	Reduced Reporter	63,188	152,817
134	Easy Lift Transportation	Goleta	Reduced Reporter	60,175	482,216
135	City of Arvin	Arvin	Rural Reporter	59,230	130,255
136	City of Moorpark	Moorpark	Reduced Reporter	58,551	176,866
137	Palo Verde Valley Transit Agency	Blythe	Rural Reporter	58,264	178,978
138	City of Compton	Compton	Reduced Reporter	57,148	171,929
139	County of Sacramento Municipal Services Agency	Sacramento	Reduced Reporter	55,211	426,129
140	City of Whittier	Whittier	Reduced Reporter	51,136	157,555
141	City of Arcadia	Arcadia	Reduced Reporter	50,198	245,207
142	City of Solvang	Solvang	Rural Reporter	48,502	172,173
143	Paratransit, Inc.	Sacramento	Full Reporter	46,366	383,575
144	City of Carson	Carson	Reduced Reporter	46,136	124,043
145	Amador Transit	Jackson	Rural Reporter	45,192	308,949
146	Calaveras Transit Agency	San Andreas	Rural Reporter	44,800	390,919
147	City of Rosemead	Rosemead	Reduced Reporter	44,612	159,890
148	County of Colusa	Colusa	Rural Reporter	43,404	155,748
149	City of Bellflower	Bellflower	Reduced Reporter	41,493	87,618
150	City of Dixon	Dixon	Rural Reporter	40,036	87,002
151	City of Cudahy	Cudahy	Reduced Reporter	40,010	52,723
152	County of Ventura	Ventura	Reduced Reporter	37,088	28,823
153	Madera County	Madera	Reduced Reporter	36,979	356,795
154	City of Cerritos	Cerritos	Reduced Reporter	34,571	140,379
155	City of Taft	Taft	Rural Reporter	33,639	72,368
156	City of West Covina	West Covina	Reduced Reporter	33,214	170,434
157	City of Bell	Bell	Reduced Reporter	32,751	39,234
158	Plumas County Transportation Commission	Quincy	Rural Reporter	32,688	203,821
159	Los Angeles County	Alhambra	Reduced Reporter	31,616	36,615
160	City of La Mirada	La Mirada	Full Reporter	31,423	54,507
161	County of Glenn	Willows	Rural Reporter	28,603	162,699
162	Town of Truckee	Truckee	Rural Reporter	27,059	104,168
163	City of Claremont	Claremont	Reduced Reporter	26,053	50,842
164	City of Glendora	Glendora	Reduced Reporter	25,904	96,461
165	City of Ojai	Ojai	Reduced Reporter	25,470	35,663
166	City of Inglewood	Inglewood	Reduced Reporter	25,048	79,534
167	City of Shafter	Shafter	Rural Reporter	24,218	52,954
168	Los Angeles County	Alhambra	Reduced Reporter	24,012	44,179
169	City of Corcoran	Corcoran	Rural Reporter	22,600	22,082
170	Los Angeles County	Alhambra	Reduced Reporter	22,377	27,241
171	Los Angeles County	Alhambra	Reduced Reporter	22,183	39,118
172	City of Calabasas	Calabasas	Reduced Reporter	22,018	101,331
173	City of Needles	Needles	Rural Reporter	21,931	49,572
174	County of Siskiyou	Yreka	Rural Reporter	20,728	299,912
175	Los Angeles County	Alhambra	Reduced Reporter	20,575	35,837
176	Los Angeles County	Alhambra	Reduced Reporter	20,159	75,864
177	City of Azusa	Azusa	Reduced Reporter	19,090	68,761
178	Los Angeles County	Alhambra	Reduced Reporter	18,420	125,375
179	City of Auburn	Auburn	Rural Reporter	15,110	51,605
180	City of Davis	Davis	Reduced Reporter	13,845	47,944
181	City of Monrovia	Monrovia	Reduced Reporter	13,790	55,506
182	City of Wasco	Wasco	Rural Reporter	13,361	28,750
183	City of California City	California City	Rural Reporter	13,061	30,107
184	Yurok Tribe	Klamath	Reduced Reporter	12,544	75,503
185	Modoc Transportation Agency	Alturas	Rural Reporter	11,709	97,735
186	City of Artesia	Artesia	Reduced Reporter	10,873	35,039
187	City of Chowchilla	Chowchilla	Rural Reporter	10,778	18,031
188	Trinity County	Weaverville	Rural Reporter	9,687	133,819
189	City of Ridgecrest	Ridgecrest	Rural Reporter	9,579	54,040
190	City of Covina	Covina	Reduced Reporter	9,476	45,975
191	City of Manhattan Beach	Manhattan Beach	Reduced Reporter	8,775	17,169
192	City of McFarland	Mcfarland	Rural Reporter	8,575	11,772
193	Mariposa County	Mariposa	Rural Reporter	8,204	154,375
194	City of Lakewood	Lakewood	Reduced Reporter	8,064	45,552
195	City of Pico Rivera	Pico Rivera	Reduced Reporter	7,172	23,724
196	City of South Pasadena	South Pasadena	Reduced Reporter	6,588	24,033
197	City of Atascadero	Atascadero	Reduced Reporter	6,112	33,033
198	City of Beverly Hills	Beverly Hills	Reduced Reporter	5,828	16,097
199	City of Rio Vista	Rio Vista	Rural Reporter	5,278	50,872
200	City of Santa Fe Springs	Santa Fe Springs	Reduced Reporter	5,156	16,475
201	Los Angeles County	Alhambra	Reduced Reporter	4,587	21,529
202	Morongo Band of Mission Indians	Banning	Reduced Reporter	2,722	19,160
203	City of Agoura Hills	Agoura Hills	Reduced Reporter	2,684	20,700
204	Sierra County	Downieville	Rural Reporter	2,318	48,337
205	North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California	North Fork	Reduced Reporter	2,093	20,449
206	City of Escalon	Escalon	Reduced Reporter	1,823	21,885
207	City of Malibu	Malibu	Reduced Reporter	797	9,599
208	City of Ripon	Ripon	Reduced Reporter	446	8,237
209	County of Alpine	Markleeville	Rural Reporter	384	11,293
210	City of Lathrop	Lathrop	Full Reporter	284	6,471
211	Hopland Bands of Pomo Indians	Hopland	Reduced Reporter	230	9,051
	Humboldt Transit Authority-Intercity	Eureka	Rural Reporter	No row with a mode	Not reported
	Mendocino Transit Authority-Intercity	Ukiah	Rural Reporter	No row with a mode	Not reported
	Redwood Coast Transit Authority-Intercity	Crescent City	Rural Reporter	No row with a mode	Not reported
	Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System	Merced	Rural Reporter	No row with a mode	Not reported

211 of 215 records are ranked. A record is ranked only when every one of its rows with a mode reports trips.

Modes in California

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Annual unlinked passenger trips and vehicle revenue miles in California by mode, 2025
Mode	Agencies	Unlinked passenger trips	Vehicle revenue miles
Bus	155	649,367,173	309,292,421
Light rail	5	132,933,887	44,086,104
Heavy rail	2	78,586,762	72,789,376
Trolleybus	1	48,558,132	5,012,908
Commuter rail	5	19,578,797	28,021,928
Demand response	175	15,580,435	109,315,764
Vanpool	14	9,187,457	73,163,338
Bus rapid transit	2	9,100,623	2,287,152
Ferryboat	4	4,599,821	790,962
Commuter bus	31	4,557,236	14,493,166
Streetcar rail	1	3,582,887	284,407
Cable car	1	3,311,757	199,486
Hybrid rail	2	3,253,703	1,650,694
Monorail/automated guideway	1	398,541	247,826

Rankings this appears in

No. 2 States by transit agency trips, 2025: New York leads with 3.5 billion

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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