Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority

Commuter Bus at Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority

Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority carried 40,303 commuter bus boardings in FY2019 at $15.29 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Commuter Bus Indianapolis, IN
FY2019 boardings
40.3K
+1.9% vs FY2018
Cost per ride
$15.29
+2.5% nationwide $12.74
Subsidy per ride
$14.35
+2.8% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
6.1%
-4.6% nationwide 47.1%
Passenger miles
281.1K
average trip 6.98 miles
Operating cost
$616.1K
Vehicles in service
3
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
4.99
8.1K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through December 2019.

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, FY2019

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 40,303 281,137 8,075 $616,087 $15.29 $14.35 6.1% 3

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Full series

Every year Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2019 40,303 281,137 177,480 8,075 $616,087 $37,823 $15.29 $14.35 6.1%
2018 39,550 293,525 196,938 8,390 $589,733 $37,968 $14.91 $13.95 6.4%
2017 43,284 226,606 9,163 $576,932 $40,995 $13.33 $12.38 7.1%
2016 42,838 212,619 9,086 $586,818 $43,899 $13.70 $12.67 7.5%
2015 27,909 133,659 5,367 $386,426 $27,546 $13.85 $12.86 7.1%