TriMet provides bus, light rail and commuter rail transit services in the Portland, Oregon, metro area. We connect people with their community, while easing traffic congestion and reducing air pollution—making the Portland area a better place to live. More
Ridership and Performance Statistics
Monthly performance data, ridership trends and rider characteristics
Performance reports
Annual reports
2013 monthly reports
2012 monthly reports
- December 2012 Performance PDF
- November 2012 Performance PDF
- October 2012 Performance PDF
- September 2012 Performance PDF
- August 2012 Performance PDF
- July 2012 Performance PDF
- June 2012 Performance PDF
- May 2012 Performance PDF
- April 2012 Performance PDF
- March 2012 Performance PDF
- February 2012 Performance PDF
- January 2012 Performance PDF
2011 monthly reports
- December 2011 Performance PDF
- November 2011 Performance PDF
- October 2011 Performance PDF
- September 2011 Performance PDF
- August 2011 Performance PDF
- July 2011 Performance PDF
- June 2011 Performance PDF
- May 2011 Performance PDF
- April 2011 Performance PDF
- March 2011 Performance PDF
- February 2011 Performance PDF
- January 2011 Performance PDF
2010 monthly reports
- December 2010 Performance PDF
- November 2010 Performance PDF
- October 2010 Performance PDF
- September 2010 Performance PDF
- August 2010 Performance PDF
- July 2010 Performance PDF
- June 2010 Performance PDF
- May 2010 Performance PDF
- April 2010 Performance PDF
- March 2010 Performance PDF
- February 2010 Performance PDF
- January 2010 Performance PDF
Ridership trends
- Riders boarded a TriMet bus, MAX train or WES train 99.3 million times in Fiscal Year 2010.
- Weekly ridership on buses, MAX and WES has increased for all but one year since 1988.
- For more than a decade, ridership has been increasing faster than other indicators of regional growth, including population and automobile vehicle miles traveled.
- TriMet carries more people than any other U.S. transit system its size.
Rider characteristics
- 84% of riders say they have a car available but prefer to ride TriMet, or they choose not to own a car because they prefer TriMet.
- 80% of residents in the TriMet service area (age 16 and older) say they ride TriMet to some degree, and 43% ride "a couple of times a month or more."
- About half (51%) of riders say they use a combination of buses and MAX, 34% use MAX only, and 13% use buses only.
- 77% of frequent/regular riders say they approve of the job we're doing.
Learn more: TriMet Customer Profile PDF
Source: TriMet 2010 Attitude & Awareness Study, a random telephone survey conducted among a representative sample of 1,000 adults (16 years of age +) residing in the TriMet service area. The survey was conducted from November 2010 to January 2011.
