ACHD Commuteride

Vanpool at ACHD Commuteride

ACHD Commuteride carried 134,302 vanpool boardings in FY2024 at $9.30 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Vanpool Anchorage, ID
FY2024 boardings
134.3K
+2.7% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$9.30
-2.1% nationwide $8.10
Subsidy per ride
$2.27
+13.5% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
75.5%
-4.3% nationwide 71.2%
Passenger miles
5.25M
average trip 39.1 miles
Operating cost
$1.25M
Vehicles in service
88
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
4.79
28K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through July 2026.

This year against the last five

Same months on one axis, so seasonality does not read as a trend

Annual boardings

Ten-year series

Cost

This service against every vanpool operator in the country.

Cost per ride

This agency against the national figure for the same mode

Fare recovery

Share of operating cost covered by fares

Directly operated and purchased service, FY2024

NTD reports these separately. An agency that contracts a service out reports the contract price, which bundles costs a directly operating agency reports line by line.

Service Boardings Passenger miles Revenue hours Operating cost Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery Vehicles
Directly operated 134,302 5,251,844 28,046 $1,249,263 $9.30 $2.27 75.5% 88

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Miles between failures

Revenue miles divided by mechanical failures. Higher is better.

Full series

Every year ACHD Commuteride reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 134,302 5,251,844 1,326,325 28,046 $1,249,263 $943,788 $9.30 $2.27 75.5%
2023 130,715 5,076,885 1,390,404 29,250 $1,241,488 $979,599 $9.50 $2.00 78.9%
2022 123,058 5,198,107 1,375,843 28,608 $1,024,162 $930,381 $8.32 $0.76 90.8%
2021 103,960 4,198,687 1,165,041 29,710 $869,967 $785,478 $8.37 $0.81 90.3%
2020 117,864 7,378,079 1,063,602 27,142 $906,262 $821,804 $7.69 $0.72 90.7%
2019 174,463 11,390,995 1,420,354 36,220 $976,859 $1,011,733 $5.60 $-0.20 103.6%
2018 170,512 11,513,845 1,404,436 35,813 $1,002,419 $982,883 $5.88 $0.11 98.1%
2017 180,757 11,781,856 1,433,386 35,894 $978,154 $980,002 $5.41 $-0.01 100.2%