Public Rides Data

Philadelphia transit, by the numbers

Frequent service reaches 34% of stops, and the typical midday wait is about 24 minutes. The weak spot is weekends, which give back 18% of weekday service. Service runs nearly around the clock.

Score 55/100 · sampled Wednesday, August 19, 2026 · how it's graded

Frequent service
34%
of 13,790 stops, every 15 min or better
Median headway
24 min
typical midday wait
Service span
28 hrs
first to last departure
Weekend change
-18%
Saturday vs weekday midday

Every stop, by frequency

13,790 stops on a weekday midday. Bigger dot, more service.

  • Very frequent ≤7 min 748
  • Frequent 8–15 min 3,961
  • Moderate 16–30 min 4,852
  • Infrequent 31–60 min 3,129
  • Sparse >60 min 1,100
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SEPTA + PATCO GTFS septa-bus v202608091 · septa-rail v202608091 · patco 17 · sampled 2026-08-19 weekday midday · generated 2026-08-16 · methodology · raw JSON