Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority

Bus at Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority

Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority carried 2,898,770 bus boardings in FY2016 at $3.45 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Reading, PA
FY2016 boardings
2.9M
-4.5% vs FY2015
Cost per ride
$3.45
-3% nationwide $4.37
Subsidy per ride
$2.46
-5.6% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
28.8%
+7.4% nationwide 24%
Passenger miles
12.3M
average trip 4.25 miles
Operating cost
$10M
Vehicles in service
44
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
23.58
122.9K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through June 2016.

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, FY2016

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 2,898,770 12,320,094 122,923 $9,998,950 $3.45 $2.46 28.8% 44

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Full series

Every year Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2016 2,898,770 12,320,094 1,521,108 122,923 $9,998,950 $2,880,188 $3.45 $2.46 28.8%
2015 3,034,952 8,983,458 1,561,547 126,735 $10,788,694 $2,894,435 $3.55 $2.60 26.8%