Bay Area Rural Transit Commission

Bus at Bay Area Rural Transit Commission

Bay Area Rural Transit Commission carried 81,763 bus boardings in FY2025 at $12.34 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Ashland, WI
FY2025 boardings
81.8K
-6.8% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$12.34
-10% nationwide $8.57
Subsidy per ride
$10.59
-15.9% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
14.2%
+72.5% nationwide 10.4%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$1.01M
Vehicles in service
11
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.97
27.6K hours operated

Ridership

This service reports annually.

Monthly boardings

NTD publishes monthly figures for full reporters only, so this service has annual data alone.

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 81,763 — 27,552 $1,008,970 $12.34 $10.59 14.2% 11

Full series

Every year Bay Area Rural Transit Commission reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 81,763 — 560,177 27,552 $1,008,970 $143,356 $12.34 $10.59 14.2%
2024 87,712 — 581,940 28,900 $1,202,675 $99,053 $13.71 $12.58 8.2%
2023 80,737 — 610,931 29,407 $1,397,836 $113,231 $17.31 $15.91 8.1%
2022 88,599 — 794,195 42,828 $1,585,060 $121,739 $17.89 $16.52 7.7%
2021 75,804 — 760,476 40,852 $1,998,179 $43,893 $26.36 $25.78 2.2%
2020 124,022 — 717,028 41,311 $1,774,640 $155,304 $14.31 $13.06 8.8%
2019 136,981 — 778,035 43,913 $1,609,283 $192,202 $11.75 $10.35 11.9%
2018 124,367 — 683,651 34,627 $1,418,042 $153,806 $11.40 $10.17 10.8%
2017 140,341 — 678,212 35,383 $1,539,535 $154,420 $10.97 $9.87 10%
2016 133,625 — 579,976 29,720 $1,340,056 $148,472 $10.03 $8.92 11.1%
2015 139,601 — 573,654 28,805 $1,388,591 $172,343 $9.95 $8.71 12.4%