Antelope Valley Transit Authority

Commuter Bus at Antelope Valley Transit Authority

Antelope Valley Transit Authority carried 150,613 commuter bus boardings in FY2024 at $26.37 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Commuter Bus Lancaster, CA
FY2024 boardings
150.6K
+8.9% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$26.37
-12.1% nationwide $24.52
Subsidy per ride
$21.49
-8.9% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
18.5%
-13.4% nationwide 25.3%
Passenger miles
9.23M
average trip 61.3 miles
Operating cost
$3.97M
Vehicles in service
20
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
6.41
23.5K 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 commuter 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, 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
Purchased transportation 150,613 9,232,393 23,489 $3,971,104 $26.37 $21.49 18.5% 20

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 Antelope Valley Transit Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 150,613 9,232,393 643,747 23,489 $3,971,104 $734,079 $26.37 $21.49 18.5%
2023 138,249 8,383,407 716,602 25,346 $4,145,642 $885,049 $29.99 $23.58 21.3%
2022 109,871 6,212,922 696,838 24,637 $5,019,709 $688,175 $45.69 $39.42 13.7%
2021 76,982 4,352,540 716,169 24,700 $4,620,064 $505,085 $60.01 $53.45 10.9%
2020 199,896 10,414,582 786,226 25,238 $3,479,754 $1,493,885 $17.41 $9.93 42.9%
2019 288,183 14,959,291 975,516 30,884 $4,142,476 $2,070,774 $14.37 $7.19 50%
2018 275,629 14,307,642 930,438 28,995 $4,134,588 $2,216,397 $15.00 $6.96 53.6%
2017 281,037 11,817,606 855,522 30,029 $4,407,318 $2,397,786 $15.68 $7.15 54.4%
2016 319,411 19,975,964 931,604 28,415 $3,641,488 $2,742,282 $11.40 $2.82 75.3%
2015 338,555 21,237,583 870,313 27,454 $3,459,711 $2,693,168 $10.22 $2.26 77.8%