RTA Public Transit Ridership by Service Type and County

Monthly ridership data for three transit services—fixed route, paratransit, and taxi—provided by the RTA across Howard, Anne Arundel, Prince Georges, and Baltimore counties, including the City of Laurel. The dataset also includes other Howard County services like HoCo RapidRide and the Old Ellicott City Trolley. Data is hosted by opendata.howardcountymd.gov and was last updated on 2026-04-28.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal ridership trends using the Month and Year columns.
• Compare ridership volumes across different Route or Service Type categories.
• Model transit demand by correlating Ridership figures with temporal variables like Month and Year.

Strengths

• Covers multiple transit service types (fixed route, paratransit, taxi) and additional local services.
• Provides geographic coverage across five distinct counties and one city.
• Data is available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Some routes and months have no data entered, indicating potential gaps in service or availability.

Provenance

Source

opendata.howardcountymd.gov

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 16:33:15; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Howard County, Anne Arundel County, Prince Georges County, the City of Laurel, and Baltimore County.