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**MEDIA ALERT**

Jan. 24, 2012

December Ridership Up 10%

2011 Ridership:  14M

December bus ridership numbers are in, rounding out 2011 ridership at 14 million -- highest ever in HART history! 

 

December ridership

HART bus ridership for December 2011 is 1,162,472, which is a 10 percent increase compared to the same month in 2010.

 

2011 ridership

HART bus ridership for 2011 is 13,940,921, which is an 11 percent increase compared to 2010.

 

HARTFlex ridership*

HARTFlex grew from two to five zones in July 2011 and ridership has been on an upward trend for the first six months of this expanded service. In addition, December marked the highest month for HARTFlex ridership:

 

 

July

August

September

October

November

December

Brandon

680

740

764

743

676

656

Northdale

2,250

3,793

4,148

4,500

4,331

4,301

South County

368

510

444

514

502

571

South Tampa

1,102

1,982

2,290

1,924

1,926

2,299

Town 'N Country

513

850

810

819

799

896

 

4,913

7,875

8,456

8,500

8,234

8,723

 

 

HARTFlex is on-demand, curbside service as long as Point A and Point B are within the same flex zone. Curbside service is provided via a reservation, but HARTFlex also offers the flexibility of a traditional bus route with pick-ups at stops located along the designated flex route -- no reservation required. For more information or to view maps of each flex zone, visit www.goHART.org/flex

 

TECO Line Streetcar System ridership**

Streetcar ridership for December 2011 is 30,382, which is up 2.9 percent compared to the same month in 2010.

 

For more information about HART, visit www.goHART.org or call HART Customer Service at 813-254-4278.

 

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*HARTFlex ridership is included in overall bus ridership information.

*Streetcar ridership is not included in overall bus ridership information.

 
FOR MEDIA ONLY: 
Marcia Mejia
HART Public Information Officer
Office: (813) 384-6610
Cell: (813) 545-5497
E-mail: MejiaM@goHART.org