Centre Area Transportation Authority

Vanpool at Centre Area Transportation Authority

Centre Area Transportation Authority carried 50,119 vanpool boardings in FY2025 at $3.32 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Vanpool State College, PA
FY2025 boardings
50.1K
+8% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$3.32
-17.9% nationwide $8.07
Subsidy per ride
$1.35
-32.9% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
59.3%
+18.3% nationwide 73.2%
Passenger miles
2.04M
average trip 40.77 miles
Operating cost
$166.4K
Vehicles in service
12
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
10.12
5K 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
Directly operated — — — — — — — —
Purchased transportation 50,119 2,043,599 4,951 $166,391 $3.32 $1.35 59.3% 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 Centre Area Transportation Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 50,119 2,043,599 263,809 4,951 $166,391 $98,688 $3.32 $1.35 59.3%
2024 46,414 1,890,719 254,976 4,863 $187,604 $94,095 $4.04 $2.01 50.2%
2023 50,642 1,883,811 288,827 5,737 $246,474 $116,306 $4.87 $2.57 47.2%
2022 45,358 1,827,585 245,032 4,938 $245,300 $98,924 $5.41 $3.23 40.3%
2021 50,318 2,049,994 298,052 6,036 $262,024 $134,574 $5.21 $2.53 51.4%
2020 120,157 4,701,782 654,915 14,454 $434,350 $277,439 $3.61 $1.31 63.9%
2019 159,394 6,526,825 854,911 18,535 $499,840 $333,348 $3.14 $1.04 66.7%
2018 164,480 6,891,858 853,041 19,529 $509,641 $332,874 $3.10 $1.07 65.3%
2017 170,380 7,126,325 856,140 20,779 $531,964 $330,393 $3.12 $1.18 62.1%
2016 200,184 8,547,280 1,010,807 24,424 $641,556 $387,333 $3.20 $1.27 60.4%
2015 249,810 10,421,021 1,266,319 31,824 $466,152 $417,046 $1.87 $0.20 89.5%