C-TRAN

Vanpool at C-TRAN

C-TRAN carried 17,370 vanpool boardings in FY2025 at $16.75 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Vanpool Vancouver, WA
FY2025 boardings
17.4K
-15.3% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$16.75
-17.6% nationwide $8.07
Subsidy per ride
$11.92
-21.2% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
28.8%
+12.6% nationwide 73.2%
Passenger miles
388.7K
average trip 22.38 miles
Operating cost
$290.9K
Vehicles in service
13
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
4.3
4K 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 vanpool 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
Directly operated 17,370 388,706 4,044 $290,905 $16.75 $11.92 28.8% 13

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 C-TRAN reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 17,370 388,706 115,513 4,044 $290,905 $83,868 $16.75 $11.92 28.8%
2024 20,509 478,160 162,435 5,098 $416,698 $106,649 $20.32 $15.12 25.6%
2023 21,870 481,691 178,901 5,097 $375,071 $112,278 $17.15 $12.02 29.9%
2022 22,608 543,831 142,089 4,277 $308,857 $105,077 $13.66 $9.01 34%
2021 20,666 509,916 149,384 4,460 $283,889 $106,945 $13.74 $8.56 37.7%
2020 23,142 593,669 173,191 5,844 $423,908 $113,968 $18.32 $13.39 26.9%
2019 40,874 1,112,113 275,580 8,507 $449,978 $158,169 $11.01 $7.14 35.2%
2018 44,222 1,115,534 249,138 7,690 $458,316 $156,856 $10.36 $6.82 34.2%
2017 54,894 1,433,406 313,630 9,259 $479,905 $187,394 $8.74 $5.33 39%
2016 68,864 1,858,333 388,685 11,250 $493,700 $221,495 $7.17 $3.95 44.9%
2015 68,880 1,956,221 399,061 10,783 $452,515 $209,957 $6.57 $3.52 46.4%