Capital Metro

Vanpool at Capital Metro

Capital Metro carried 376,711 vanpool boardings in FY2024 at $6.30 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Vanpool Austin, TX
FY2024 boardings
376.7K
+14.9% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$6.30
-0% nationwide $8.10
Subsidy per ride
$1.46
+10.4% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
76.8%
-2.8% nationwide 71.2%
Passenger miles
15.7M
average trip 41.63 miles
Operating cost
$2.37M
Vehicles in service
191
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
5.16
73K 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 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, 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 376,711 15,683,436 72,970 $2,372,331 $6.30 $1.46 76.8% 191

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 Capital Metro reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 376,711 15,683,436 3,737,687 72,970 $2,372,331 $1,822,847 $6.30 $1.46 76.8%
2023 327,952 13,547,244 3,086,532 60,906 $2,065,714 $1,632,434 $6.30 $1.32 79%
2022 281,009 12,859,050 2,791,038 51,824 $1,813,619 $1,226,765 $6.45 $2.09 67.6%
2021 235,669 11,511,477 2,464,994 44,780 $1,329,255 $973,429 $5.64 $1.51 73.2%
2020 432,153 17,430,461 3,797,043 93,532 $2,385,786 $1,855,320 $5.52 $1.23 77.8%
2019 548,873 20,766,873 4,416,865 119,102 $2,401,217 $1,966,570 $4.37 $0.79 81.9%
2018 511,337 19,572,510 4,339,303 116,427 $1,143,431 $1,090,410 $2.24 $0.10 95.4%
2017 459,555 16,720,887 3,747,150 101,553 $1,453,076 $1,001,165 $3.16 $0.98 68.9%
2016 432,558 14,763,768 3,109,432 86,694 $1,241,553 $837,113 $2.87 $0.93 67.4%
2015 344,695 10,508,902 2,241,335 67,713 $2,034,417 $871,263 $5.90 $3.37 42.8%