Bobcat Shuttle

Bus at Bobcat Shuttle

Bobcat Shuttle carried 2,456,126 bus boardings in FY2024 at $2.19 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus San Marcos, TX
FY2024 boardings
2.46M
+18.1% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$2.19
-9.5% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
6.13M
average trip 2.49 miles
Operating cost
$5.38M
Vehicles in service
38
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
40.63
60.5K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through July 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, FY2024

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 2,456,126 6,125,579 60,458 $5,379,334 $2.19 38

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 Bobcat Shuttle reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 2,456,126 6,125,579 685,998 60,458 $5,379,334 $2.19
2023 2,080,210 5,321,178 706,964 60,399 $5,033,130 $2.42
2022 2,037,961 4,840,156 691,466 60,919 $4,825,081 $2.37
2021 803,400 1,887,990 669,440 59,906 $4,686,386 $5.83
2020 2,116,187 4,973,039 682,317 60,323 $4,779,647 $2.26
2019 2,942,220 6,914,217 800,379 65,168 $4,157,415 $1.41
2018 2,710,009 5,652,555 805,926 65,201 $4,033,695 $6,945,365 $1.49 $-1.07 172.2%
2017 2,786,033 6,675,434 788,287 65,820 $4,530,908 $7,020,621 $1.63 $-0.89 154.9%