Beaumont Municipal Transit System

Bus at Beaumont Municipal Transit System

Beaumont Municipal Transit System carried 290,280 bus boardings in FY2025 at $17.72 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Beaumont, TX
FY2025 boardings
290.3K
-4.2% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$17.72
+5.3% nationwide $8.57
Subsidy per ride
$16.81
+5.8% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
5.1%
-8.3% nationwide 10.4%
Passenger miles
933.5K
average trip 3.22 miles
Operating cost
$5.14M
Vehicles in service
11
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
6.02
48.2K 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
Purchased transportation 290,280 933,519 48,213 $5,144,593 $17.72 $16.81 5.1% 11

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 Beaumont Municipal Transit System reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 290,280 933,519 674,718 48,213 $5,144,593 $264,253 $17.72 $16.81 5.1%
2024 303,164 969,890 666,440 46,615 $5,103,572 $285,929 $16.83 $15.89 5.6%
2023 264,742 990,135 640,134 46,142 $4,971,039 $285,158 $18.78 $17.70 5.7%
2022 225,003 841,511 692,654 49,795 $4,749,987 $244,211 $21.11 $20.03 5.1%
2021 299,354 1,119,584 695,235 49,552 $4,556,897 $108,493 $15.22 $14.86 2.4%
2020 318,469 1,191,074 698,756 50,491 $4,195,856 $190,456 $13.18 $12.58 4.5%
2019 394,094 1,330,217 705,223 51,352 $3,964,435 $361,046 $10.06 $9.14 9.1%
2018 414,473 1,399,004 705,060 51,767 $4,055,266 $388,388 $9.78 $8.85 9.6%
2017 429,624 1,450,820 688,476 50,088 $4,224,734 $398,376 $9.83 $8.91 9.4%
2016 464,440 1,430,475 715,160 52,485 $4,133,213 $422,140 $8.90 $7.99 10.2%
2015 528,161 1,961,868 714,611 52,190 $4,195,642 $489,328 $7.94 $7.02 11.7%