Breeze Transit

Bus at Breeze Transit

Breeze Transit carried 1,799,546 bus boardings in FY2024 at $12.45 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Sarasota, FL
FY2024 boardings
1.8M
+3.6% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$12.45
-7% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$11.59
-8.2% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
6.9%
+19.8% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
8.38M
average trip 4.66 miles
Operating cost
$22.4M
Vehicles in service
37
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
11.3
159.3K 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
Directly operated 1,451,943 7,492,026 147,307 $21,398,030 $14.74 $13.67 7.2% 33
Purchased transportation 347,603 886,388 11,975 $1,011,971 $2.91 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 Breeze Transit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 1,799,546 8,378,414 2,174,519 159,282 $22,410,001 $1,550,593 $12.45 $11.59 6.9%
2023 1,736,651 8,150,205 2,021,970 144,861 $23,266,539 $1,343,593 $13.40 $12.62 5.8%
2022 1,688,330 8,025,219 2,044,964 147,067 $17,343,280 $1,006,876 $10.27 $9.68 5.8%
2021 1,901,968 9,231,162 2,303,823 161,390 $17,384,480 $222,973 $9.14 $9.02 1.3%
2020 2,003,652 9,905,724 2,648,101 185,098 $20,917,957 $752,068 $10.44 $10.06 3.6%
2019 2,418,259 12,138,109 3,020,839 204,715 $20,535,651 $1,471,597 $8.49 $7.88 7.2%
2018 2,397,901 11,373,298 2,980,911 206,602 $18,702,104 $1,598,328 $7.80 $7.13 8.5%
2017 2,545,889 12,636,332 3,084,771 220,738 $19,205,204 $1,610,264 $7.54 $6.91 8.4%
2016 2,552,189 12,680,806 3,057,679 214,176 $17,256,543 $1,505,634 $6.76 $6.17 8.7%
2015 2,712,470 13,480,975 3,030,100 206,771 $15,968,718 $1,722,881 $5.89 $5.25 10.8%