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Public transit in Missouri

Transit agencies registered in Missouri reported 39,654,926 unlinked passenger trips on rows with a mode in report year 2025, according to the Federal Transit Administration.

Missouri in the National Transit Database

39.7 million
Unlinked passenger trips: Rows with a mode, 2025; 39,654,926; Rank 25 of 56 states and territories ranked; a tie shares a rank.; 53.8 million
Vehicle revenue miles: Rows with a mode, 2025; 53,821,650; 34
Reporting records: Registered in Missouri, 2025; Every record reported trips on each of its rows with a mode.

About these figures

Unlinked passenger trips: 39,654,926; Rank 25 of 56 states and territories ranked; a tie shares a rank.
Vehicle revenue miles: 53,821,650
Reporting records: Every record reported trips on each of its rows with a mode.

Agencies in Missouri, by trips

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Transit agencies registered in Missouri by unlinked passenger trips, 2025, most first
Rank	Agency	City	Reporter type	Unlinked passenger trips	Vehicle revenue miles
1	Bi-State Development Agency of the Missouri-Illinois Metropolitan District	Saint Louis	Full Reporter	22,025,285	24,262,854
2	Kansas City Area Transportation Authority	Kansas City	Full Reporter	11,868,208	12,491,291
3	Kansas City, City of Missouri	Kansas City	Full Reporter	1,646,825	130,947
4	City of Springfield	Springfield	Full Reporter	1,129,815	1,192,825
5	OATS, Inc.	Columbia	Reduced Reporter	847,674	7,067,579
6	City of Columbia	Columbia	Full Reporter	728,300	531,371
7	Southeast Missouri Transportation, Inc.	Fredericktown	Rural Reporter	287,984	3,424,337
8	City of St. Joseph, Missouri	Saint Joseph	Reduced Reporter	264,586	704,260
9	City of Jefferson	Jefferson City	Reduced Reporter	184,688	498,394
10	Cape Girardeau County Transit Authority	Cape Girardeau	Reduced Reporter	142,459	886,296
11	Southeast Missouri State University	Cape Girardeau	Reduced Reporter	114,628	52,674
12	City of Joplin	Joplin	Reduced Reporter	59,494	407,565
13	City of Independence	Independence	Reduced Reporter	48,522	341,896
14	Ray County Transportation, Inc.	Richmond	Rural Reporter	46,394	222,437
15	SERVE, Inc.	Fulton	Rural Reporter	30,403	245,969
16	Ripley County Transit, Inc.	Doniphan	Rural Reporter	24,012	376,346
17	Dunklin County Transit Service, Inc.	Malden	Rural Reporter	22,033	337,008
18	City of Lamar	Lamar	Rural Reporter	19,367	48,600
19	Mississippi County Transit System, Inc.	East Prairie	Rural Reporter	18,737	147,067
20	Scott County Transit System, Inc.	Sikeston	Rural Reporter	18,435	117,658
21	City of Clinton	Clinton	Rural Reporter	15,997	39,078
22	City of Mount Vernon	Mount Vernon	Rural Reporter	15,168	28,404
23	City of Houston	Houston	Rural Reporter	13,462	18,837
24	City of El Dorado Springs	El Dorado Springs	Rural Reporter	13,449	23,303
25	City of Excelsior Springs	Excelsior Springs	Rural Reporter	12,729	59,722
26	Loop Trolley Transportation Development District	Saint Louis	Full Reporter	10,272	2,712
27	City of Nevada	Nevada	Rural Reporter	9,932	36,663
28	City of Carthage	Carthage	Rural Reporter	9,802	37,907
29	City of West Plains	West Plains	Rural Reporter	8,496	32,494
30	City of New Madrid	New Madrid	Rural Reporter	6,327	13,082
31	City of Bloomfield	Bloomfield	Rural Reporter	3,874	3,180
32	New Bourbon Regional Port Authority	Perryville	Rural Reporter	3,857	1,302
33	Macon Area Chamber of Commerce	Macon	Rural Reporter	2,487	7,487
34	Licking Bridge Builders Senior Center	Licking	Rural Reporter	1,225	30,105

34 of 34 records are ranked. A record is ranked only when every one of its rows with a mode reports trips.

Modes in Missouri

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Annual unlinked passenger trips and vehicle revenue miles in Missouri by mode, 2025
Mode	Agencies	Unlinked passenger trips	Vehicle revenue miles
Bus	10	25,986,594	21,656,527
Light rail	1	8,230,482	4,804,955
Demand response	29	2,985,079	26,253,003
Streetcar rail	2	1,657,097	133,659
Bus rapid transit	1	716,089	306,041
Vanpool	2	75,728	666,163
Ferryboat	1	3,857	1,302

Rankings this appears in

No. 25 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