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Public transit in Michigan

Transit agencies registered in Michigan reported 65,486,407 unlinked passenger trips on rows with a mode in report year 2025, according to the Federal Transit Administration.

Michigan in the National Transit Database

65.5 million
Unlinked passenger trips: Rows with a mode, 2025; 65,486,407; Rank 18 of 56 states and territories ranked; a tie shares a rank.; 106.2 million
Vehicle revenue miles: Rows with a mode, 2025; 106,154,106; 89
Reporting records: Registered in Michigan, 2025; Every record reported trips on each of its rows with a mode.

About these figures

Unlinked passenger trips: 65,486,407; Rank 18 of 56 states and territories ranked; a tie shares a rank.
Vehicle revenue miles: 106,154,106
Reporting records: Every record reported trips on each of its rows with a mode.

Rows the publisher gives no mode carry 202,640 further trips for these agencies. They are in no mode, in no rank and not in the total above.

Agencies in Michigan, by trips

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Transit agencies registered in Michigan by unlinked passenger trips, 2025, most first
Rank	Agency	City	Reporter type	Unlinked passenger trips	Vehicle revenue miles
1	City of Detroit	Detroit	Full Reporter	13,999,211	13,353,724
2	Capital Area Transportation Authority	Lansing	Full Reporter	9,598,993	6,395,010
3	Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation	Detroit	Full Reporter	7,384,744	13,512,368
4	Interurban Transit Partnership	Grand Rapids	Full Reporter	6,566,458	7,112,123
5	Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority	Ann Arbor	Full Reporter	5,663,726	7,347,149
6	University of Michigan Parking and Transportation Services	Ann Arbor	Full Reporter	4,535,215	1,159,181
7	Mass Transportation Authority	Flint	Full Reporter	3,181,156	7,242,574
8	Central County Transportation Authority	Kalamazoo	Full Reporter	1,898,148	2,829,160
9	Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan	Detroit	Full Reporter	1,103,688	839,078
10	Blue Water Area Transportation Commission	Port Huron	Full Reporter	1,076,446	2,668,674
11	Detroit Transportation Corporation	Detroit	Full Reporter	1,074,884	272,805
12	Eastern Upper Peninsula Transportation Authority	Sault Sainte Marie	Rural Reporter	876,956	526,554
13	Saginaw Transit Authority Regional Service	Saginaw	Full Reporter	725,364	1,289,327
14	Bay Area Transportation Authority	Traverse City	Full Reporter	471,810	2,171,110
15	Huron County Board of Commissioners	Bad Axe	Rural Reporter	435,419	2,130,966
16	Michigan Department of Transportation	Lansing	Full Reporter	428,038	4,622,851
17	Bay Metropolitan Transit Authority	Bay City	Full Reporter	370,916	1,153,694
18	Isabella County Transportation Commission	Mt. Pleasant	Rural Reporter	356,631	1,084,319
19	City of Jackson Transportation Authority	Jackson	Full Reporter	326,354	560,886
20	Macatawa Area Express Transportation Authority	Holland	Full Reporter	270,281	699,661
21	Lake Erie Transportation Commission	Monroe	Full Reporter	257,582	608,056
22	County of Muskegon	Muskegon	Reduced Reporter	254,029	699,017
23	Marquette County Transit Authority	Marquette	Rural Reporter	228,691	818,252
24	Harbor Transit Multi-Modal Transportation System	Grand Haven	Reduced Reporter	169,270	657,825
25	City of Battle Creek	Battle Creek	Reduced Reporter	166,989	345,450
26	Livingston County Board of Commissioners	Howell	Reduced Reporter	155,575	1,238,602
27	Peoples Express	Whitmore Lake	Rural Reporter	151,687	1,434,191
28	Cadillac/Wexford Transit Authority	Cadillac	Rural Reporter	148,571	1,218,797
29	Branch Area Transit Authority	Coldwater	Rural Reporter	144,171	383,051
30	Yates Township	Idlewild	Rural Reporter	141,940	477,585
31	Manistee County Board of Commissioners	Manistee	Rural Reporter	130,034	596,373
32	Ludington Mass Transportation Authority	Ludington	Rural Reporter	129,262	352,826
33	Pioneer Resources	Muskegon	Reduced Reporter	123,475	742,017
34	Benzie Transportation Authority	Beulah	Rural Reporter	120,700	943,361
35	Twin Cities Area Transportation Authority	Benton Harbor	Reduced Reporter	117,722	457,505
36	Greater Lapeer Transportation Authority	Lapeer	Rural Reporter	108,721	520,497
37	City of Midland	Midland	Reduced Reporter	106,688	449,552
38	Thunderbay Transportation Authority	Alpena	Rural Reporter	104,568	673,912
39	Van Buren County Board of Commissioners	Paw Paw	Rural Reporter	99,959	542,928
40	City of Big Rapids	Big Rapids	Rural Reporter	98,413	173,382
41	Crawford County Transportation Authority	Grayling	Rural Reporter	94,450	425,517
42	St. Joseph County Transportation Authority	Three Rivers	Rural Reporter	88,141	753,661
43	Gladwin County Board of Commissioners	Gladwin	Rural Reporter	86,645	567,994
44	Eaton County Transportation Authority	Charlotte	Rural Reporter	86,073	904,699
45	Interurban Transit Authority	Douglas	Rural Reporter	85,986	205,516
46	Clinton Area Transit System	Saint Johns	Full Reporter	81,116	952,505
47	Kalkaska Public Transit Authority	Kalkaska	Rural Reporter	78,501	232,614
48	Barry County Board of Commissioners	Hastings	Rural Reporter	74,492	361,273
49	Delta Area Transit Authority	Escanaba	Rural Reporter	71,904	450,580
50	Sanilac County Board of Commissioners	Sandusky	Rural Reporter	70,557	636,176
51	Lenawee Public Transportation Authority	Adrian	Rural Reporter	70,213	365,497
52	Midland County Board of Commissioners	Midland	Reduced Reporter	69,330	1,088,247
53	City of Alma	Alma	Rural Reporter	67,438	271,484
54	Charlevoix County Board of Commissioners	Charlevoix	Rural Reporter	65,811	371,666
55	Shiawassee Area Transportation Agency	Owosso	Rural Reporter	64,109	667,613
56	City of Houghton	Houghton	Rural Reporter	62,333	80,779
57	ALTRAN Transit Authority	Munising	Rural Reporter	60,563	407,790
58	Roscommon County Transportation Authority	Houghton Lake	Rural Reporter	57,660	590,912
59	Clare County Transit Corporation	Harrison	Rural Reporter	57,535	458,227
60	City of Ionia	Ionia	Rural Reporter	56,291	187,236
61	County of Allegan	Allegan	Rural Reporter	54,307	984,817
62	Western-Washtenaw Area Value Express	Dexter	Rural Reporter	53,995	482,345
63	Caro Transit Authority	Caro	Rural Reporter	42,655	261,497
64	City of Niles	Niles	Reduced Reporter	41,819	165,210
65	Ogemaw County Board of Commissioners	West Branch	Rural Reporter	41,804	270,099
66	Otsego County Board of Commissioners	Gaylord	Rural Reporter	41,324	235,993
67	Cheboygan County Board of Commissioners	Cheboygan	Rural Reporter	39,846	241,811
68	Mecosta Osceola Transit Authority	Big Rapids	Rural Reporter	37,079	630,096
69	Ontonagon County Board of Commissioners	Ontonagon	Rural Reporter	36,763	125,243
70	Schoolcraft Transit Authority	Manistique	Rural Reporter	36,731	238,538
71	Arenac Public Transit Authority	Twining	Rural Reporter	36,277	503,465
72	Gogebic County Transit	Ironwood	Rural Reporter	30,535	187,501
73	Berrien County Board of Commissioners	Saint Joseph	Rural Reporter	29,370	292,087
74	Iosco Transit Corporation	East Tawas	Rural Reporter	28,743	178,294
75	Antrim County Board of Commissioners	Bellaire	Rural Reporter	26,079	219,270
76	City of Hillsdale	Hillsdale	Rural Reporter	25,693	57,223
77	City of Greenville	Greenville	Rural Reporter	23,809	58,616
78	Hancock, City of	Hancock	Rural Reporter	21,259	75,077
79	City of Dowagiac	Dowagiac	Rural Reporter	17,140	58,275
80	City of Belding	Belding	Rural Reporter	16,370	59,778
81	City of Sault Sainte Marie	Sault Sainte Marie	Rural Reporter	16,039	84,883
82	Marshall, City of	Marshall	Rural Reporter	13,644	56,632
83	Cass County Transportation Authority	Cassopolis	Rural Reporter	10,589	157,367
84	Chippewa-Luce-Mackinac Community Action Human Resources, Inc	St. Ignace	Rural Reporter	4,924	37,200
85	Key Opportunities	Hillsdale	Rural Reporter	3,583	110,121
86	Bay Mills Indian Community	Brimley	Reduced Reporter	2,754	43,859
87	Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians	Sault Sainte Marie	Reduced Reporter	1,643	54,430
	Indian Trails Bus Lines	Owosso	Rural Reporter	No row with a mode	Not reported
	Indian Trails Bus Lines	Owosso	Rural Reporter	No row with a mode	Not reported

87 of 89 records are ranked. A record is ranked only when every one of its rows with a mode reports trips.

Modes in Michigan

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Annual unlinked passenger trips and vehicle revenue miles in Michigan by mode, 2025
Mode	Agencies	Unlinked passenger trips	Vehicle revenue miles
Bus	35	53,297,374	43,465,372
Demand response	82	7,926,952	53,141,317
Monorail/automated guideway	1	1,074,884	272,805
Streetcar rail	1	945,876	95,078
Ferryboat	1	847,122	29,556
Vanpool	2	630,045	6,886,398
Bus rapid transit	1	427,050	359,291
Commuter bus	3	337,104	1,904,289

Rankings this appears in

No. 18 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