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Public transit in Illinois

Transit agencies registered in Illinois reported 426,532,291 unlinked passenger trips on rows with a mode in report year 2025, according to the Federal Transit Administration.

Illinois in the National Transit Database

426.5 million
Unlinked passenger trips
Rows with a mode, 2025
426,532,291
Rank 3 of 56 states and territories ranked; a tie shares a rank.
282.6 million
Vehicle revenue miles
Rows with a mode, 2025
282,550,840
99
Reporting records
Registered in Illinois, 2025
Every record reported trips on each of its rows with a mode.
About these figures
Unlinked passenger trips
426,532,291
Rank 3 of 56 states and territories ranked; a tie shares a rank.
Vehicle revenue miles
282,550,840
Reporting records
Every record reported trips on each of its rows with a mode.

Rows the publisher gives no mode carry 12,180 further trips for these agencies. They are in no mode, in no rank and not in the total above.

Agencies in Illinois, by trips

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Transit agencies registered in Illinois by unlinked passenger trips, 2025, most first
RankAgencyUnlinked passenger trips
1Chicago Transit Authority338,041,687
2Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation38,048,502
3Pace, the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority17,346,264
4Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District11,386,376
5Pace, the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority3,194,235
6Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District2,413,695
7Bloomington-Normal Public Transit System2,232,379
8Greater Peoria Mass Transit District2,048,917
9Madison County Transit District1,698,869
10Rockford Mass Transit District1,522,335
11Springfield Mass Transit District1,444,483
12City of DeKalb1,066,626
13City of Decatur, Il938,931
14River Valley Metro Mass Transit District613,092
15Chicago Water Taxi (Wendella)538,075
16City of Danville495,128
17South Central Illinois Mass Transit District413,338
18City of Macomb401,784
19Rides Mass Transit District367,682
20City of Quincy271,379
21Jackson County Mass Transit District207,912
22Shawnee Mass Transit District160,108
23City of Galesburg121,078
24Reagan Mass Transit District91,175
25West Central Mass Transit District91,162
26McLean County79,894
27City of Ottawa76,925
28Bureau County75,921
29Jo Daviess County65,174
30Shelby County59,010
31CRIS Rural Mass Transit District58,488
32Coles County56,887
33Whiteside County50,216
34City of Freeport46,629
35Warren County44,647
36Voluntary Action Center39,540
37Henry County38,887
38Tazewell County36,250
39Village of Schaumburg36,240
40Macoupin County36,088
41Effingham County31,800
42Kendall County30,899
43Boone County Council on Aging30,836
44Bond County30,781
45Carroll County30,260
46Jersey County28,132
47Fulton County25,684
48Champaign County24,136
49Piatt County21,652
50Wheeling Township20,378
51Kankakee County18,688
52City of Berwyn16,196
53Rich Township15,406
54Grundy County15,231
55Bloom Township15,145
56Monroe Randolph Transit District14,240
57Rock Island County13,858
58Hanover Township13,415
59McHenry Township11,439
60Woodford County11,056
61Douglas County (Illinois)10,704
62Marshall County9,756
63Triton College9,508
64Logan County9,168
65Calumet Township8,892
66Hancock County7,718
67Village of Melrose Park7,212
68Sangamon County7,135
69Palatine Township6,939
70Worth Township6,919
71Orland Township6,053
72Town of Cicero5,905
73Village of Park Forest5,458
74Village of Bellwood4,711
75Village of Forest Park4,662
76Chicago State University4,312
77Village of Harwood Heights3,689
78Bremen Township3,612
79Lemont Township3,083
80City of Oak Forest2,984
81Village of Crestwood2,937
82Village of Elmwood Park2,843
83City of Palos Hills2,602
84Village of Orland Hills2,389
85Lisle Township2,257
86Village of River Grove2,151
87Moraine Township2,136
88Village of Fox Lake1,921
89Grant Township1,699
90City of Wood Dale1,416
91Lake Villa Township1,352
92Village of Norridge1,320
93Waukegan Township1,019
94City of Palos Heights816
95Village of Orland Park710
96Washington Township516
97Village of South Chicago Heights331
98Maine Township Government216
TransdevNo row with a mode

98 of 99 records are ranked. A record is ranked only when every one of its rows with a mode reports trips.

Modes in Illinois

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Annual unlinked passenger trips and vehicle revenue miles in Illinois by mode, 2025
ModeUnlinked passenger trips
Bus242,188,489
Heavy rail138,392,897
Commuter rail38,048,502
Demand response6,794,362
Ferryboat570,630
Vanpool502,734
Commuter bus34,677

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Sources

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

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