P.O. Box 669, Billings, MT 59103-0669    e-mail: bhcc@msubillings.edu

         

   
   

MET Transit Ridership Using Wheelchair Lift (Elevator)
  

   
YEAR NUMBER
1992 1372
1993 2215
1994 2447
1995 3122
1996 3750
1997 5294
1998 5971
1999 6632
2000 5728

Trend:   INCREASING

  
Source:
  City of Billings, Aviation and Transit Department 406-657-8218

Caveats and Definitions
Since January 1992, most MET buses have been equipped with an elevator (lift or ramp) to assist persons using wheelchairs or walkers, etc., to board and ride the regular fixed-route MET buses. The continuing significant increases in use of lifts and ramps is probably a result of increasing awareness of that feature's availability, as well as possibly an increasing population that uses such mobility aids, and/or that more of that population segment is choosing or able to participate in community life.