Albuquerque ABQRIDE

Bus at Albuquerque ABQRIDE

Albuquerque ABQRIDE carried 5,232,775 bus boardings in FY2025 at $7.16 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Albuquerque, NM
FY2025 boardings
5.23M
+19% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$7.16
-22.3% nationwide $8.57
Subsidy per ride
$7.16
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
0%
nationwide 10.4%
Passenger miles
19.2M
average trip 3.67 miles
Operating cost
$37.5M
Vehicles in service
54
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
24.45
214K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through August 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 bus 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, FY2025

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 5,232,775 19,197,261 214,006 $37,469,613 $7.16 $7.16 0% 54

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 Albuquerque ABQRIDE reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 5,232,775 19,197,261 2,751,902 214,006 $37,469,613 $283 $7.16 $7.16 0%
2024 4,397,945 13,015,290 2,847,240 214,662 $40,519,691 — $9.21 — —
2023 4,588,912 14,290,836 3,430,811 259,811 $42,672,011 — $9.30 — —
2022 3,506,302 11,426,299 3,924,705 290,996 $40,436,564 $738,682 $11.53 $11.32 1.8%
2021 2,865,525 10,199,676 3,571,594 269,194 $37,454,953 $1,384,966 $13.07 $12.59 3.7%
2020 6,824,435 24,138,025 4,508,056 339,075 $39,368,025 $2,464,623 $5.77 $5.41 6.3%
2019 9,159,709 32,397,888 5,349,145 404,246 $44,493,509 $3,070,637 $4.86 $4.52 6.9%
2018 9,659,576 32,874,779 5,341,575 403,598 $42,812,779 $3,247,931 $4.43 $4.10 7.6%
2017 10,251,314 33,889,935 5,415,887 403,646 $43,036,363 $3,228,508 $4.20 $3.88 7.5%
2016 11,422,932 37,789,792 5,463,320 403,901 $43,090,794 $3,713,680 $3.77 $3.45 8.6%
2015 12,360,445 41,825,769 5,436,447 401,311 $40,639,148 $3,766,492 $3.29 $2.98 9.3%