Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority

Bus Rapid Transit at Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority

Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority carried 555,470 bus rapid transit boardings in FY2025 at $6.35 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Rapid Transit Orlando, FL
FY2025 boardings
555.5K
+33.4% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$6.35
-32.1% nationwide $5.43
Subsidy per ride
—
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
—
nationwide 10.6%
Passenger miles
883.2K
average trip 1.59 miles
Operating cost
$3.53M
Vehicles in service
8
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
19.92
27.9K 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 bus rapid transit 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 555,470 883,180 27,892 $3,525,059 $6.35 — — 8

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 Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 555,470 883,180 160,226 27,892 $3,525,059 — $6.35 — —
2024 416,414 598,068 196,690 32,614 $3,891,804 — $9.35 — —
2023 431,122 451,919 184,890 30,629 $3,553,746 — $8.24 — —
2022 383,968 365,755 177,573 30,244 $3,451,659 — $8.99 — —
2021 456,542 455,249 272,192 46,586 $4,767,909 — $10.44 — —
2020 575,497 1,095,178 264,513 45,564 $4,123,232 — $7.16 — —
2019 1,040,300 718,035 283,159 47,302 $3,809,090 — $3.66 — —
2018 1,038,345 768,372 291,005 47,874 $3,763,603 — $3.62 — —
2017 1,208,940 2,627,692 281,391 46,974 $3,290,958 — $2.72 — —
2016 1,316,516 1,640,959 271,570 45,446 $3,190,738 — $2.42 — —
2015 1,397,969 1,538,841 235,577 39,554 $2,607,265 — $1.87 — —