2003 ANNUAL REPORT INDIANA PUBLIC TRANSIT STATE OF INDIANA Frank O’Bannon, Governor J. Bryan Nicol, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Transportation August 2003 Indiana Department of Transportation Public Transit Section 100 North Senate, Room N901 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 (317) 232-1482 This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the United States Department of Transportation in the interest of information exchange. The United States Government assumes no liability for the contents or use thereof. The opinions, findings, and conclusions expressed in this publication are those of the Indiana Department of Transportation, Public Transit Section. The preparation of this publication has been financed in part through grants from the United States Department of Transportation, under the provisions of the Federal Transit Act. The United States Government does not endorse products or manufacturers. Manufacturers’ names appear herein because they are considered essential to the objective of this report. 2003 PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN INDIANA TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction........................................................................................................ 1 Ridership Distribution by System........................................................................... 2 Total Vehicle Miles by System ................................................................................ 3 Transit System Operating Expenditures by Category/System................................ 4 Transit System Operating Revenues by Category/System...................................... 5 Section One: INDOT Public Transit Programs & Services Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Programs FTA Section 5311 - Rural Formula Funds................................................... 7 FTA Section 5311(b) - Rural Transit Assistance Program (RTAP)............... 8 FTA Section 5311(f) - Intercity Operating, Capital, Planning, and Marketing Assistance ............................................ 9 FTA Section 5310 - Capital Grants Program for Elderly Persons and Persons with Disabilities ....................................... 9 FTA Section 5303 - Metropolitan Transit Planning and FTA Section 5313 (Statewide Transit Planning) ........ 10 FTA Section 5307 - Urbanized Area Formula Program ............................ 10 FTA Section 5309 - Capital Discretionary Program ................................. 10 FTA Section 3037 - Access to Jobs Program ............................................. 10 State of Indiana Programs..................................................................................... 11 Section Two: Peer Group Comparisons Group One: Large Fixed Route Systems ............................................................... 14 Group Two: Small Fixed Route Systems ............................................................... 16 Group Three: Urban Demand Response Systems................................................. 18 Group Four: Rural Demand Response Systems ....................................................20 Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District......................................... 24 Section Three: Map of Indiana Transit Systems .................................................................. 25 Transit System Pages Anderson, City of Anderson Transit System ........................................................ 26 Bedford, Transit Authority of Stone City ............................................................. 28 Bloomington, Bloomington Public Transportation Corporation ........................ 30 Cass County, Cass Area Transit ............................................................................32 Columbus, Columbus Transit............................................................................... 34 East Chicago, East Chicago Public Transit ........................................................... 36 Elkhart, Heart City Rider/The Bus ........................................................................ 38 Evansville, Metropolitan Evansville Transit System............................................. 40 Fayette County, Fayette County Transit............................................................... 42 Fort Wayne, Citilink ............................................................................................. 44 Franklin County, Franklin County Public Transportation................................... 46 Fulton County, Fulton County Transpo............................................................... 48 Gary, Gary Public Transportation Corporation.................................................... 50 Goshen, Goshen Transit ....................................................................................... 52 Hammond, Hammond Transit System................................................................. 54 Hendricks County, LINK Hendricks County........................................................ 56 Huntingburg, Huntingburg Transit System.......................................................... 58 Huntington County, Huntington Area Transportation ....................................... 60 i Indianapolis, IndyGo............................................................................................ 62 Jay-Randolph-Delaware Counties, The New InterUrban Public Transit System.................................................... 64 Johnson County, ACCESS Johnson County......................................................... 66 KIRPC, Arrowhead Country Public Transportation ............................................. 68 Knox County, Van-Go .......................................................................................... 70 Kokomo, First City Rider/Kokomo Senior Citizen Bus Service............................ 72 Kosciusko County, Kosciusko Area Bus Service.................................................... 74 Lafayette/West Lafayette, CityBus ........................................................................ 76 Lake-Porter Counties, Northwest Indiana Community Action (NWICA)........... 78 LaPorte, TransPorte ............................................................................................... 80 Madison County, Transportation for Rural Areas of Madison............................. 82 Marion, Marion Transportation System ............................................................... 84 Miami County, Miami County YMCA ................................................................. 86 Michigan City, Michigan City Municipal Coach Service .................................... 88 Mitchell, Mitchell Transit System......................................................................... 90 Monroe-Owen-Lawrence Counties, Rural Transit ................................................ 92 Muncie, Muncie Indiana Transit System.............................................................. 94 New Castle, New Castle Community Transit System .......................................... 96 Noble County, Noble Transit System ................................................................... 98 Noblesville, Janus Developmental Service Inc. .................................................. 100 NICTD, Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District ......................... 102 Orange County, Orange County Transit Services .............................................. 104 Plymouth, Rock City Rider ................................................................................. 106 Richmond, Rose View Transit & Paratransit System.......................................... 108 Seymour, Seymour Transit (Recycle to Ride)...................................................... 110 SIDC, Ride Solution ............................................................................................ 112 SIRPC, Catch-A-Ride ...........................................................................................114 SITS, Southern Indiana Transit ...........................................................................116 South Bend, South Bend Public Transportation Corporation ...........................118 TARC, Transit Authority of River City................................................................ 120 Terre Haute, Transit Utility for the City of Terre Haute..................................... 122 Union County, Union County Transit Service .................................................. 124 Wabash, Wabash County Transit ....................................................................... 126 Washington, Washington Transit System .......................................................... 128 Waveland, Waveland Volunteer Transportation System.................................... 130 Section Four: Elderly/Disabled (Section 5310) Transportation Providers ............... 133 Section Five: Transit Partners and Advocates Transit Partners and Advocates .......................................................................... 139 Indiana Metropolitan Planning Organizations.................................................. 140 Indiana Regional Planning Councils.................................................................. 141 Section Six: Glossary............................................................................................................. 143 ii INTRODUCTION The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) STATEWIDE STATISTICS considers public transit to be an essential service that supports local and state goals for economic In 2003, Indiana maintained a public transit growth, quality of life, energy conservation, and network