Arlington Transportation

Bus at Arlington Transportation

Arlington Transportation carried 14,790 bus boardings in FY2018 at $12.40 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Arlington, TX
FY2018 boardings
14.8K
-76.3% vs FY2017
Cost per ride
$12.40
+5.9% nationwide $4.92
Subsidy per ride
$11.99
+7.2% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
3.2%
-27% nationwide 22.1%
Passenger miles
57.7K
average trip 3.9 miles
Operating cost
$183.3K
Vehicles in service
2
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
10.96
1.3K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through December 2017.

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, FY2018

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 14,790 57,661 1,349 $183,340 $12.40 $11.99 3.2% 2

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Full series

Every year Arlington Transportation reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2018 14,790 57,661 21,837 1,349 $183,340 $5,956 $12.40 $11.99 3.2%
2017 62,364 243,843 87,806 5,512 $730,246 $32,485 $11.71 $11.19 4.4%
2016 69,198 271,252 90,155 5,529 $774,358 $46,797 $11.19 $10.51 6%