Carson Area Metropolitan Planning Organization

Bus at Carson Area Metropolitan Planning Organization

Carson Area Metropolitan Planning Organization carried 120,239 bus boardings in FY2025 at $14.73 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Carson City, NV
FY2025 boardings
120.2K
-0.9% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$14.73
+8.5% nationwide $8.57
Subsidy per ride
$14.16
+9.2% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
3.9%
-14.5% nationwide 10.4%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$1.77M
Vehicles in service
4
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
8.83
13.6K hours operated

Ridership

This service reports annually.

Monthly boardings

NTD publishes monthly figures for full reporters only, so this service has annual data alone.

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, 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
Purchased transportation 120,239 — 13,620 $1,770,599 $14.73 $14.16 3.9% 4

Full series

Every year Carson Area Metropolitan Planning Organization reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 120,239 — 168,441 13,620 $1,770,599 $68,467 $14.73 $14.16 3.9%
2024 121,380 — 171,025 14,777 $1,647,933 $74,527 $13.58 $12.96 4.5%
2023 145,233 — 170,734 14,784 $1,432,317 $45,254 $9.86 $9.55 3.2%
2022 144,199 — 156,711 13,330 $1,442,216 — $10.00 — —
2021 132,760 — 150,741 13,045 $1,116,587 — $8.41 — —
2020 166,286 — 172,492 14,930 $1,237,602 $39,107 $7.44 $7.21 3.2%
2019 169,067 — 173,684 14,972 $776,126 $46,971 $4.59 $4.31 6.1%
2018 195,160 — 178,612 14,990 $857,614 $77,304 $4.39 $4.00 9%
2017 178,558 — 190,192 14,994 $829,860 $70,865 $4.65 $4.25 8.5%
2016 191,825 — 197,064 15,265 $863,344 $63,587 $4.50 $4.17 7.4%
2015 197,041 — 197,657 15,345 $812,740 $141,952 $4.12 $3.40 17.5%