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Updated 8:00 AM EST, November 12, 2008
 Deployment Statistics        


Transit Management*

 Data Year         % of Deployment
Fixed-route transit vehicles equipped with Automatic Vehicle Location1997 23% in 1997  23%
1999 30% in 1999  30%
2000 31% in 2000  31%
2002 35% in 2002  35%
2004 47% in 2004  47%
2005 54% in 2005  54%
2006 56% in 2006  56%
2007 62% in 2007  62%


 Data Year         % of Deployment
Fixed-route transit vehicles with electronic monitoring of vehicle components1997 16% in 1997  16%
1999 10% in 1999  10%
2000 15% in 2000  15%
2002 17% in 2002  17%
2004 30% in 2004  30%
2005 32% in 2005  32%
2006 30% in 2006  30%
2007 34% in 2007  34%


 Data Year         % of Deployment
Paratransit vehicles that operate under Computer-Aided Dispatch1997 24% in 1997  24%
1999 24% in 1999  24%
2000 28% in 2000  28%
2002 35% in 2002  35%
2004 45% in 2004  45%
2005 45% in 2005  45%
2006 56% in 2006  56%
2007 62% in 2007  62%


 Data Year         % of Deployment
Bus stops with electronic display of information1997  N/A
1999 4% in 1999  4%
2000  0%
2002  0%
2004  0%
2005  0%
2006  0%
2007  0%

* Trend data is based on 78 large metropolitan areas surveyed in 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.

N/A = No data available for this survey year