C-TRAN

Commuter Bus at C-TRAN

C-TRAN carried 750,355 commuter bus boardings in FY2017 at $8.59 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Commuter Bus Vancouver, WA
← All of C-TRAN
FY2017 boardings
750.4K
-5.4% vs FY2016
Cost per ride
$8.59
+9% nationwide $11.23
Subsidy per ride
$4.16
+18.5% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
51.6%
-7% nationwide 50.9%
Passenger miles
8.69M
average trip 11.58 miles
Operating cost
$6.45M
Vehicles in service
43
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
22.32
33.6K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through December 2017.

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 commuter 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, FY2017

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 750,355 8,689,661 33,614 $6,449,118 $8.59 $4.16 51.6% 43

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Full series

Every year C-TRAN reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2017 750,355 8,689,661 778,758 33,614 $6,449,118 $3,325,175 $8.59 $4.16 51.6%
2016 793,296 9,122,388 796,664 33,887 $6,255,639 $3,468,331 $7.89 $3.51 55.4%
2015 742,323 8,465,445 794,457 33,487 $6,184,503 $2,938,339 $8.33 $4.37 47.5%