Cascades East Transit

Commuter Bus at Cascades East Transit

Cascades East Transit carried 191,015 commuter bus boardings in FY2023 at $15.42 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Commuter Bus Bend, OR
← All of Cascades East Transit
FY2023 boardings
191K
+21.2% vs FY2022
Cost per ride
$15.42
+2.2% nationwide $23.65
Subsidy per ride
$14.60
+0.4% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
5.3%
+44.6% nationwide 25.9%
Passenger miles
2.56M
average trip 13.41 miles
Operating cost
$2.95M
Vehicles in service
12
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
10.16
18.8K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through November 2023.

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, FY2023

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 191,015 2,560,740 18,801 $2,945,428 $15.42 $14.60 5.3% 12

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 Cascades East Transit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2023 191,015 2,560,740 520,608 18,801 $2,945,428 $157,550 $15.42 $14.60 5.3%
2022 157,585 2,076,881 489,639 16,637 $2,377,949 $87,934 $15.09 $14.53 3.7%
2021 84,425 1,096,230 533,089 18,598 $1,912,064 $119,138 $22.65 $21.24 6.2%
2020 184,493 2,442,687 464,183 16,061 $1,656,360 $196,292 $8.98 $7.91 11.9%
2019 216,547 2,903,895 489,945 16,745 $1,559,021 $258,862 $7.20 $6.00 16.6%
2018 218,488 2,929,924 539,131 19,013 $1,325,971 $227,578 $6.07 $5.03 17.2%
2017 193,016 2,588,345 429,711 16,390 $1,382,352 $262,885 $7.16 $5.80 19%
2016 186,729 2,500,906 400,145 16,037 $1,241,731 $344,769 $6.65 $4.80 27.8%
2015 116,347 1,839,177 348,990 13,563 $1,114,073 $254,256 $9.58 $7.39 22.8%