Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority

Vanpool at Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority

Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority carried 67,595 vanpool boardings in FY2025 at $6.87 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Vanpool Indianapolis, IN
FY2025 boardings
67.6K
+9.8% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$6.87
-2% nationwide $8.07
Subsidy per ride
$2.74
+89.1% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
60.1%
-24.2% nationwide 73.2%
Passenger miles
3.53M
average trip 52.19 miles
Operating cost
$464.4K
Vehicles in service
14
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
5.47
12.4K 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 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, 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 67,595 3,527,825 12,365 $464,369 $6.87 $2.74 60.1% 14

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 Indiana Regional Transportation Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 67,595 3,527,825 396,896 12,365 $464,369 $279,256 $6.87 $2.74 60.1%
2024 61,589 3,003,923 333,837 8,498 $431,636 $342,430 $7.01 $1.45 79.3%
2023 58,655 2,805,209 356,558 7,364 $456,355 $367,057 $7.78 $1.52 80.4%
2022 124,797 6,593,505 747,571 14,321 $588,177 $510,941 $4.71 $0.62 86.9%
2021 59,932 2,900,484 348,051 7,093 $349,065 $203,508 $5.82 $2.43 58.3%
2020 36,658 1,004,240 150,900 3,562 $254,881 $162,947 $6.95 $2.51 63.9%
2019 83,344 2,916,938 439,273 11,154 $358,607 $259,377 $4.30 $1.19 72.3%
2018 76,119 2,451,948 345,354 9,030 $294,319 $229,587 $3.87 $0.85 78%
2017 66,321 — 467,055 10,193 $372,087 $267,737 $5.61 $1.57 72%
2016 83,303 — 478,878 10,612 $561,750 $415,763 $6.74 $1.75 74%
2015 83,626 — 458,599 10,053 $470,078 $199,315 $5.62 $3.24 42.4%