ASUM Transportation

Bus at ASUM Transportation

ASUM Transportation carried 126,821 bus boardings in FY2025 at $7.45 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Missoula, MT
FY2025 boardings
126.8K
-14.4% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$7.45
+29% nationwide $8.57
Subsidy per ride
—
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
—
nationwide 10.4%
Passenger miles
194.1K
average trip 1.53 miles
Operating cost
$945.1K
Vehicles in service
4
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
22.91
5.5K 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 126,821 194,121 5,536 $945,140 $7.45 — — 4

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 ASUM Transportation reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 126,821 194,121 58,296 5,536 $945,140 — $7.45 — —
2024 148,142 281,470 64,996 6,243 $856,088 — $5.78 — —
2023 119,957 227,848 59,648 5,522 $693,917 — $5.78 — —
2022 81,853 155,601 62,142 5,970 $515,002 — $6.29 — —
2021 35,034 60,399 60,004 5,373 $407,657 — $11.64 — —
2020 168,546 291,632 72,631 7,044 $534,019 — $3.17 — —
2019 239,642 406,206 94,922 8,882 $549,187 — $2.29 — —
2018 275,084 456,558 98,432 9,080 $532,392 $769,513 $1.94 $-0.86 144.5%
2017 331,229 661,891 110,051 9,982 $536,349 $951,261 $1.62 $-1.25 177.4%
2016 379,760 756,044 125,198 10,339 $524,955 $553,005 $1.38 $-0.07 105.3%
2015 392,619 758,472 138,971 11,011 $549,178 $671,930 $1.40 $-0.31 122.4%