2022 NAICS industry in sector 48-49 Transportation and Warehousing
48511 Urban Transit Systems
NAICS 48511 is the US industry code for urban transit systems. It covers establishments primarily engaged in operating local and suburban passenger transit systems over regular routes and on regular schedules within a metropolitan area and its adjacent nonurban areas.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating local and suburban passenger transit systems over regular routes and on regular schedules within a metropolitan area and its adjacent nonurban areas. Such transportation systems involve the use of one or more modes of transport including light rail, commuter rail, subways, and streetcars, as well as buses and other motor vehicles.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Providing scenic and sightseeing transportation on land are classified in Industry 48711, Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Land.
- Providing support services to transit and ground transportation are classified in Industry Group 4884, Support Activities for Road Transportation.
- Providing interurban and rural bus transportation are classified in Industry 48521, Interurban and Rural Bus Transportation.
- Providing bus transportation for students and employees are classified in Industry 48541, School and Employee Bus Transportation.
- Providing bus shuttle services (except school and employee bus) are classified in Industry 48599, Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation.
Codes in 48511
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