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MTC

Metropolitan Transportation Commission, dba: MTC · San Francisco, CA · NTD ID 90094

MTC reported 23 major safety and security events across 2014-2026, in which 1 people died. Against the service it actually delivered, that is 0.26 events per million vehicle revenue miles - worse than 5 of the 108 agencies big enough to rank, and 12.32x better than the national rate.

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Events per million miles
0.26
#103 of 108 agencies · national 3.21 · median 2.88
Events, all years
23
#241 nationally by raw count · 2014-2026
People killed
1
0 injured, 0 seriously
Service driven
38M
vehicle revenue miles, 2022-2024 · 10 events in that window
Its rate on a scale ending at the worst agency in the country (New Orleans Regional Transit Authority, 12.54). The tick is the national rate (3.21).
Who died on this system
  • Transit workers 1

Mutually exclusive victim classes, summing to 1. Trespasser deaths are an overlay on these, not an extra row.

Its events, by year

2014: 0 → 2025: 4 · peak 8

2026 excluded - it is a partial year.

Assaults on its workers

No transit worker assaults recorded on this system.

What it runs
  • Other Non-Rail 23

Share of its events by mode. Mode mix moves a rate: street-running light rail generates several times the events per mile that suburban bus does, so read this beside the rate above.

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Numbers on the chips are events per million vehicle revenue miles, 2022-2024.

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Generated 2026-07-13 02:56 UTC

Source: FTA National Transit Database - Major Safety and Security Events, joined to NTD Metrics for the service denominator

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