Charm City Circulator

Ferryboat at Charm City Circulator

Charm City Circulator carried 238,639 ferryboat boardings in FY2024 at $5.26 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Ferryboat Baltimore, MD
FY2024 boardings
238.6K
+36.7% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$5.26
-16.5% nationwide $16.88
Subsidy per ride
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
nationwide 25.8%
Passenger miles
104.9K
average trip 0.44 miles
Operating cost
$1.25M
Vehicles in service
3
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
22.19
10.8K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through July 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 ferryboat 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, FY2024

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 238,639 104,858 10,752 $1,254,881 $5.26 3

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 Charm City Circulator reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 238,639 104,858 30,959 10,752 $1,254,881 $5.26
2023 174,592 74,584 31,241 10,852 $1,099,583 $6.30
2022 111,009 44,974 30,618 10,650 $1,168,317 $10.52
2021 55,704 18,703 20,145 7,964 $835,326 $15.00
2020 231,072 95,980 18,046 6,385 $670,222 $2.90
2019 332,561 142,126 24,561 7,895 $836,356 $2.51
2018 326,126 142,794 24,658 8,726 $833,977 $2.56
2017 360,648 166,243 27,249 8,861 $762,089 $2.11
2016 337,180 146,533 26,632 9,045 $642,326 $1.90