From Portland Afoot

Portland Afoot's 2010 TriMet bus rankings were released in conjuction with its 10-minute monthly magazine for June 2010, the "Time Issue." They were based on weekday ridership data from fall and winter 2009-2010, requested from TriMet in May 2010.

Contents 1 TriMet's most reliable bus routes 2 TriMet's least reliable bus routes 3 TriMet's most hectic routes 4 TriMet's least expensive bus routes 5 TriMet's most disability-friendly bus routes 6 The bus routes most screwed in September 2010 7 Complete data on every route

[edit] TriMet's most reliable bus routes

The top five:

1. 28-Linwood - 95 percent on schedule
2. 64-Marquam Hill/Tigard - 93 percent
3. 154-Willamette - 92 percent
4. 92-South Beaverton Exp. - 92 percent
5. 66-Marquam Hill/Hollywood - 92 percent

See below for complete data on every route, including MAX.

[edit] TriMet's least reliable bus routes

The five worst:

1. 156-Mather Road - 22 percent off schedule
2. 20-Burnside/Stark - 22 percent
3. 6-MLK Jr. Blvd. - 22 percent
4. 45-Garden Home - 21 percent
5. 44-Capital Hwy/Mocks Crest - 21 percent

See below for complete data on every route, including MAX.

[edit] TriMet's most hectic routes

Measured in average ons and offs per stop daily.

1. 72-Killingsworth/82nd - 143 ons and offs
2. 8-Jackson Park/NE 15th - 125
3. 6-MLK Jr. Blvd. - 125
4. 4-Division/Fessenden - 111
5. 57 TV Hwy/Forest Grove - 102

See below for complete data on every route, including MAX.

[edit] TriMet's least expensive bus routes

In average cost to the agency per ride, the five least expensive routes were:

1. 6-MLK Jr. Blvd - $2.08 per ride
2. 4-Division/Fessenden - $2.10
3. 72-Killingsworth/82nd - $2.17
4. 14-Hawthorne - $2.24
5. 75-Lombard/39th - $2.37

[edit] TriMet's most disability-friendly bus routes

Measured in average chair lifts per stop monthly.

The five lines with the most chair lifts per stop:

1. 8-Jackson Park/NE 15th - 22 per stop monthly
2. 6-MLK Jr. Blvd. - 21
3. 4-Division-Fessenden - 19
4. 72-Killingsworth/82nd - 17
5. 57-TV Hwy/Forest Grove - 16

See below for complete data on every route, including MAX.

[edit] The bus routes most screwed in September 2010

The rankings also included the five bus lines most screwed by September 2010 cuts.

[edit] Complete data on every route

Data based on requested TriMet records from fall and winter 2009-2010, as available in May 2010. Click the triangles above each column to sort by that column.

route #	route name	on time	early (more than 60 sec)	late (more than 5 min)	stops	avg ons & offs per stop (daily)	avg. chair lifts per stop (monthly)
1	1-Vermont	82.00%	4.60%	13.40%	137	7.0	0.1
4	4-Division/Fessenden	85.30%	8.60%	6.10%	314	111.1	18.5
6	6-Martin Luther King Jr Blvd	78.40%	6.20%	15.40%	112	124.5	21.5
8	8-Jackson Park/NE 15th	83.40%	6.50%	10.10%	113	124.7	21.6
9	9-Powell/Broadway	81.60%	7.20%	11.30%	244	85.1	9.9
10	10-Harold St	80.30%	5.50%	14.20%	159	21.8	1.9
12	12-Barbur/Sandy Blvd	81.90%	5.30%	12.80%	349	68.6	6.3
14	14-Hawthorne	84.40%	6.90%	8.70%	445	83.8	7.7
15	15-Belmont/NW 23rd	86.30%	4.70%	9.00%	191	87.9	12.7
16	16-Front Ave/St Johns	82.00%	7.10%	10.90%	135	6.7	1.0
17	17-Holgate/NW 21st	85.30%	5.50%	9.20%	244	56.8	7.1
18	18-Hillside	84.60%	7.80%	7.50%	27	1.4	0.0
19	19-Woodstock/Glisan	83.10%	5.70%	11.20%	216	57.5	8.4
20	20-Burnside/Stark	78.20%	7.80%	14.10%	289	72.3	10.7
22	22-Parkrose	79.60%	0.80%	19.50%	444	2.6	1.2
23	23-San Rafael	84.00%	0.80%	15.20%	60	5.4	2.5
24	24-Fremont	83.40%	5.40%	11.20%	99	14.6	0.9
25	25-Glisan/Rockwood	86.30%	1.00%	12.70%	67	5.4	2.7
27	27-Market/Main	89.70%	4.10%	6.30%	85	1.2	1.1
28	28-Linwood	94.50%	1.80%	3.70%	77	4.8	1.0
29	29-Lake/Webster Rd	91.90%	3.40%	4.70%	92	5.7	1.3
30	30-Estacada	82.20%	7.00%	10.70%	162	6.3	0.8
31	31-King Rd	85.60%	4.30%	10.10%	92	26.5	3.6
32	32-Oatfield	83.00%	7.10%	9.90%	186	11.0	1.9
33	33-McLoughlin	88.70%	2.00%	9.20%	174	64.9	7.2
34	34-River Rd	83.10%	7.00%	10.00%	95	4.9	2.9
35	35-Macadam/Greeley	80.20%	8.70%	11.10%	199	36.4	1.8
36	36-South Shore	85.10%	2.40%	12.50%	159	2.7	0.4
37	37-Lake Grove	78.90%	7.00%	14.10%	49	2.6	0.6
38	38-Boones Ferry Rd	90.10%	5.20%	4.70%	131	5.6	0.1
39	39-Lewis & Clark	79.10%	6.70%	14.20%	52	10.5	0.6
43	43-Taylors Ferry Rd	78.80%	3.50%	17.80%	216	5.5	0.4
44	44-Capitol Hwy/Mocks Crest	78.60%	7.70%	13.70%	219	46.6	5.7
45	45-Garden Home	79.90%	2.30%	17.80%	152	13.5	1.1
47	47-Baseline/Evergreen	84.00%	5.30%	10.70%	110	7.8	0.5
48	48-Cornell	85.50%	4.80%	9.70%	82	16.1	3.2
50	50-Cedar Mill				100	5.0	0.3
51	51-Vista	81.50%	5.10%	13.40%	134	6.6	0.3
52	52-Farmington/185th	85.70%	6.80%	7.50%	128	63.7	7.8
53	53-Arctic/Allen	85.50%	5.40%	9.10%	48	9.3	0.3
54	54-Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy	79.80%	4.80%	15.40%	92	53.7	4.3
55	55-Hamilton	80.90%	15.30%	3.80%	107	2.3	0.0
56	56-Scholls Ferry Rd	84.90%	6.60%	8.50%	101	39.1	3.4
57	57-TV Hwy/Forest Grove	85.70%	6.30%	8.00%	145	102.4	16.4
58	58-Canyon Rd	79.50%	5.80%	14.80%	48	46.7	4.7
59	59-Walker/Park Way	88.20%	1.50%	10.40%	62	4.7	0.7
61	61-Marquam Hill/Beaverton	90.10%	0.80%	9.10%	33	23.1	1.8
62	62-Murray Blvd	87.70%	4.30%	8.00%	124	37.5	4.1
63	63-Washington Park	89.30%	4.40%	6.20%	43	10.9	0.3
64	64-Marquam Hill/Tigard	92.60%	0.50%	7.00%	38	18.4	0.1
65	65-Marquam Hill/Barbur Blvd	91.90%	0.90%	7.20%	54	8.7	0.1
66	66-Marquam Hill/Hollywood	92.20%	0.40%	7.40%	45	23.5	1.0
67	67-Jenkins/158th	88.90%	5.10%	6.00%	108	18.3	2.1
68	68-Marquam Hill/Collins Circle	83.10%	11.70%	5.10%	44	24.3	0.5
70	70-12th Ave	83.10%	4.50%	12.50%	104	59.9	8.5
71	71-60th/122nd Ave	88.00%	4.60%	7.50%	250	61.2	8.0
72	72-Killingsworth/82nd	82.80%	5.70%	11.50%	232	143.4	17.1
73	73-NE 33rd Ave	88.70%	7.00%	4.30%	102	25.2	3.3
75	75-Lombard/39th	82.40%	6.90%	10.70%	270	82.1	11.5
76	76-Beaverton/Tualatin	85.70%	3.90%	10.40%	133	36.7	3.4
77	77-Broadway/Halsey	83.30%	4.10%	12.60%	208	45.9	8.5
78	78-Beaverton/Lake Oswego	84.60%	2.20%	13.20%	134	38.0	2.9
79	79-Clackamas/Oregon City	89.20%	2.80%	8.00%	77	36.0	4.7
80	80-Kane/Troutdale Rd	89.70%	0.90%	9.30%	82	6.6	1.5
81	81-Kane/257th	91.60%	1.40%	7.00%	74	7.8	1.8
82	82-Eastman/182nd	83.00%	2.10%	14.80%	84	5.4	1.2
84	84-Kelso/Boring	89.00%	3.70%	7.30%	74	0.5	0.0
85	85-Swan Island	88.00%	0.70%	11.30%	30	22.1	0.6
87	87-Airport Way/181st	83.30%	5.80%	10.90%	59	9.2	0.3
88	88-Hart/198th	81.60%	9.10%	9.30%	140	16.9	2.1
89	89-Tanasbourne	86.60%	2.30%	11.10%	102	9.3	1.1
92	92-South Beaverton Express	92.30%	1.70%	6.00%	61	13.0	0.1
94	94-Sherwood/Pacific Hwy Express	87.60%	1.90%	10.50%	59	48.6	1.7
96	96-Tualatin/I-5	90.60%	0.80%	8.60%	72	36.0	1.0
99	99-McLoughlin Express	86.20%	1.60%	12.20%	34	35.4	1.5
152	152-Milwaukie	86.30%	1.70%	12.00%	62	8.0	4.7
154	154-Willamette	92.40%	0.50%	7.10%	24	8.1	3.8
155	155-Sunnyside	82.20%	6.10%	11.70%	42	19.7	5.5
156	156-Mather Rd	78.00%	12.40%	9.60%	60	6.5	1.2
157	157-Happy Valley	81.40%	6.40%	12.20%	52	2.3	0.6
	MAX Blue Line	84.10%	4.60%	11.30%	92	1416.4	0.0
	MAX Red Line	86.40%	6.20%	7.40%	330	151.4	0.0
	MAX Yellow Line	88.30%	5.50%	6.20%	34	859.0	0.0