Transit agencies in MI — RouteRider Guide
This state's agencies, as the BTS National Transit Map download of 2026-11-08 carries them: one record each, printed in the table below.
Agencies
The licence tag each record carries is printed in the last-visible column, and each agency page names it in full.
| Agency name | Common name | City | Licence tag | NTD ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Mills Indian Community | Bay Mills Public Transportation | Brimley | Public Domain | 50007 |
| Bay Metropolitan Transit Authority | Bay Metro | Bay City | Public Domain | 50029 |
| City of Battle Creek | Battle Creek Transit (BCT) | Battle Creek | Public Domain | 50030 |
| Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation | Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) | Detroit | Public Domain | 50031 |
| Mass Transportation Authority | MTA Flint | Flint | Public Domain | 50032 |
| Interurban Transit Partnership | The Rapid | Grand Rapids | Public Domain | 50033 |
| City of Jackson Transportation Authority | Jackson Area Transportation Authority (JATA) | Jackson | Public Domain | 50034 |
| Central County Transportation Authority | Metro Transit | Kalamazoo | Public Domain | 50035 |
| Capital Area Transportation Authority | Capital Area Transportation Authority (CATA) | Lansing | Public Domain | 50036 |
| County of Muskegon | Muskegon Area Transit System (MATS) | Muskegon | Public Domain | 50037 |
| City of Niles | Niles Dial-A-Ride (DART) | Niles | Public Domain | 50038 |
| Saginaw Transit Authority Regional Service | Saginaw Transit Authority Regional Service (STARS) | Saginaw | Public Domain | 50039 |
| Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority | Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority (AAATA) | Ann Arbor | Public Domain | 50040 |
| City of Detroit | Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) | Detroit | Public Domain | 50119 |
| Twin Cities Area Transportation Authority | Twin Cities Area Transportation Authority (TCATA) | Benton Harbor | Public Domain | 50132 |
| Detroit Transportation Corporation | Detroit People Mover | Detroit | Public Domain | 50141 |
| Blue Water Area Transportation Commission | Blue Water Area Transit | Port Huron | Public Domain | 50148 |
| University of Michigan Parking and Transportation Services | University of Michigan Transportation Services (UMTS) | Ann Arbor | Public Domain | 50158 |
| Macatawa Area Express Transportation Authority | Macatawa Area Express (MAX) | Holland | Public Domain | 50184 |
| Harbor Transit Multi-Modal Transportation System | Harbor Transit | Grand Haven | Public Domain | 50196 |
| M-1 Rail | QLINE Detroit | Detroit | Public Domain | 50213 |
| Eastern Upper Peninsula Transportation Authority | Eastern Upper Peninsula Transportation Authority (EUPTA) | Sault Sainte Marie | Public Domain | 50241 |
| Isabella County Transportation Commission | I-Ride | Mt. Pleasant | Public Domain | 50244 |
| Eaton County Transportation Authority | Eaton County Transportation Authority (EATRAN) | Charlotte | Public Domain | 50260 |
| Kalkaska Public Transit Authority | Kalkaska Area Transit (KAT) | Kalkaska | Public Domain | 50282 |
| Branch Area Transit Authority | Branch Area Transit Authority (BATA) | Coldwater | Public Domain | 50337 |
| Van Buren County Board of Commissioners | Van Buren Public Transit | Paw Paw | Public Domain | 50383 |
| City of Houghton | Houghton Motor Transit | Houghton | Public Domain | 50386 |
| Bay Area Transportation Authority | Bay Area Transportation Authority (BATA) | Traverse City | Public Domain | 50413 |
| Marquette County Transit Authority | MARQ-TRAN | Marquette | Public Domain | 50427 |
| St. Joseph County Transportation Authority | St Joseph County Transportation Authority (SJCTA) | Three Rivers | Public Domain | 50436 |
| City of Big Rapids | Big Rapids Dial-A-Ride | Big Rapids | Public Domain | 50437 |
| Yates Township | Yates Dial-A-Ride | Idlewild | Public Domain | 50476 |
| City of Sault Sainte Marie | Sault Ste Marie Dial-A-Ride | Sault Sainte Marie | Public Domain | 50487 |
| Lake Erie Transportation Commission | Lake Erie Transit (LET) | Monroe | Public Domain | 50522 |
| Western-Washtenaw Area Value Express | WAVE | Dexter | Public Domain | 55322 |
| Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan | Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan | Detroit | Public Domain | 50571 |
Cities these records name
31 cities appear in the City field of the 37 records for MI. The table gives each city's record count and share of the state's records; the cities page for MI lists them with their licence tags and NTD IDs.
| City | Agency records | Share of MI records |
|---|---|---|
| Ann Arbor | 2 | 5.4% |
| Battle Creek | 1 | 2.7% |
| Bay City | 1 | 2.7% |
| Benton Harbor | 1 | 2.7% |
| Big Rapids | 1 | 2.7% |
| Brimley | 1 | 2.7% |
| Charlotte | 1 | 2.7% |
| Coldwater | 1 | 2.7% |
| Detroit | 5 | 13.5% |
| Dexter | 1 | 2.7% |
| Flint | 1 | 2.7% |
| Grand Haven | 1 | 2.7% |
| Grand Rapids | 1 | 2.7% |
| Holland | 1 | 2.7% |
| Houghton | 1 | 2.7% |
| Idlewild | 1 | 2.7% |
| Jackson | 1 | 2.7% |
| Kalamazoo | 1 | 2.7% |
| Kalkaska | 1 | 2.7% |
| Lansing | 1 | 2.7% |
| Marquette | 1 | 2.7% |
| Monroe | 1 | 2.7% |
| Mt. Pleasant | 1 | 2.7% |
| Muskegon | 1 | 2.7% |
| Niles | 1 | 2.7% |
| Paw Paw | 1 | 2.7% |
| Port Huron | 1 | 2.7% |
| Saginaw | 1 | 2.7% |
| Sault Sainte Marie | 2 | 5.4% |
| Three Rivers | 1 | 2.7% |
| Traverse City | 1 | 2.7% |
| All 31 cities in MI | 37 | 100.0% |
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) - National Transit Map (NTM) Agencies, National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). Downloaded 2026-11-08. Agency names, common names, cities and licence tags are the values in the records themselves, printed as stored; a blank value is shown as “not available”.