The ability to predict the demand for rural intracounty public transpo
rtation has become increasingly important in recent years. In this stu
dy an attempt was made to predict the future intracounty public transp
ortation ridership demand in rural Nebraska. Existing and historical t
ransit operating and socioeconomic and demographic data were collected
for the counties and cities in Nebraska that have rural transportatio
n services. This information was used to develop a series of equations
fdr predicting the future ridership demand in rural areas with or wit
hout existing public transportation services. Two equations were devel
oped for estimating the ridership demand for counties and cities that
currently do not have any public transportation services. One equation
for estimating ridership demand was developed for each of the countie
s and cities that currently have transit services. According to the ri
dership demand projections made in this study, it seems that the exist
ing intracounty public transportation systems in rural Nebraska are pr
oviding sufficient services to meet the present and future demand in m
ost rural areas.